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In 1913, twenty-nine women who lived in Portland's Alameda neighborhood formed the Alameda Tuesday Club to do charitable work, serve the community, and socialize …
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Bethenia Owens-Adair overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become a social reformer and one of Oregon's first women doctors with a medical degree. Some Oregon women, …
Methodist Episcopal Church, Portland's first church, began with seven members in 1848, and by 1960 it had grown into a forward-thinking congregation of 1,833 …
Gordon Barlow Dodds, professor of history at Portland State University (PSU), was a leading historian of the westward movement, the Pacific Northwest, and the state …
Harvey Whitefield Scott was the dominant editorial voice in the Pacific Northwest for the forty years he edited the Portland Oregonian, from 1865 to …
Julia Ruuttila was a labor and investigative journalist, a poet and fiction writer, and a union, peace, and justice activist who lived all but a …
Portland staged its first and only world's fair from June 1 through October 15, 1905. During those four and a half months, 1,588,000 paying visitors …
Louise Mohan Bryant’s eight years in Oregon decided the direction of her life. Born on December 5, 1885, she arrived in the state in 1907 …
Mary H. Carr was an enterprising and respected member of Portland's early Black community. Known for her courage and resilience, she was a successful …
Mary Sawtelle, one of the first women in Oregon to earn a medical degree, was born in New York in 1835, the daughter of Benjamin …
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