Research the archive
Narrow 27,002 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
Refine
Show the numbers
| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 24 |
| 1877 | 13 |
| 1878 | 10 |
| 1880 | 7 |
| 1882 | 7 |
| 1883 | 31 |
| 1884 | 10 |
| 1885 | 29 |
| 1886 | 9 |
| 1887 | 20 |
| 1888 | 21 |
| 1889 | 53 |
| 1890 | 8 |
| 1891 | 35 |
| 1892 | 87 |
| 1893 | 99 |
| 1894 | 79 |
| 1895 | 86 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 27 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 63 |
| 1904 | 38 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 57 |
| 1910 | 13 |
| 1911 | 9 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 17 |
| 1917 | 8 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1924 | 6 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 3 |
920 stories matching girl
- A Call to Protect Seattle’s Working Girls
An early 1892 opinion piece urges the creation of a 'working-girl's clubhouse' to provide safety and community for young women alone in the city.
- The Great 'Lacum Duckum' Campus Cold War
After Whitman College students staged a 'ducking' of classmates for skipping a reception, a retaliatory social boycott by the women of Reynolds Hall has divided the campus.
- A Heartbreaking Departure for Reform
A teenage girl thanked the judge who sentenced her to a reform school in Chehalis for stealing clothes.
- The Girls Locked in the Walla Walla Jail
Two young women who went missing were briefly detained by police, much to their dismay.
- The Stool Dispute of Eighth Street
A brief, charming standoff between two children in a Walla Walla front yard captured by local gossip.
- Demented Girl Rescued from Puyallup Reservation
After being found chained to an outhouse floor, a young Indigenous girl has secured a place at an asylum.
- The Cabin in the Woods Mystery
A local fisherman reports an unsettling encounter with a mysterious pair living in a remote log cabin, sparking fears for a missing Tacoma girl.
- Waitresses Enforce Wage Justice
When a local Greek restaurant failed to pay a waitress her wages, her union sisters decided to skip the courts and handle the matter personally.
- The Strange Abduction of Lodie Wirt
A young girl from Philadelphia, missing after being swept into the orbit of a disreputable variety actress, is recovered in a Seattle boarding house.
- The 'Servant Girl' Stigma: A Century-Old Labor Crisis
An editorial from 1899 examines why American women shun domestic service in favor of office work, even when domestic positions offer higher stability.
- The Unseen Domestic Workforce of 1891 Seattle
A scan of the classifieds reveals a city built on the labor of women seeking work in restaurants, lodging-houses, and private homes.
- The Mysterious Girl at Police Headquarters
A young girl is found alone in Seattle, sparking a quiet investigation into a suspected abduction.
- The Pike Street Rescue of Three 'Giddy' Girls
A 16-year-old from Victoria and two Seattle girls were pulled from saloon back rooms and lodging houses; one father got his daughter back.
- The Desperate Act of a Waitress
A young worker's suicide attempt at the Seattle block leaves questions and a mystery about the men in her room.
- A Teenager’s Rescue from the Waterfront
A young girl is intercepted before entering a Seattle brothel, thanks to a stranger's intervention.
- The Girl Who Didn't Come Back: Katie Hackworth's Vanishing
A 14-year-old Seattle girl disappears after leaving a Tacoma children's home, and the adults around her offer denials, rumors, and a promise that she is 'all right.'
- The Unruly Girl of Puyallup
A thirteen-year-old runaway from Seattle takes over a house in Puyallup, leaving authorities baffled and without a place to put her.
- The Custody Battle Over Mary Laneuville
A young bride is caught in a legal tug-of-war between her husband, her alleged lover, and the House of the Good Shepherd.
- The Art of the Stage Ballet in 1890s Seattle
San Francisco dance instructor L. Cook visits Cordray’s Theater to teach elaborate, avant-garde ballets to local girls.
- The Fight for Frances: A Seattle Girl’s Battle for Freedom
A sister challenges the detention of a 16-year-old girl in a reformatory without legal warrant, revealing the precarious power institutions held over young women in the 1890s.
- A Young Girl Vanishes from a Spokane Variety Theater
A teenage girl is missing after being allegedly coerced into a variety theater, sparking a public outcry and exposing local police corruption.
- The 'Crab Man' and the Brutal Reality of Frontier Discipline
A teenage girl escapes her abusive father only to be returned to his custody by a legal system that viewed children as the property of their parents.
- The False Alarm at the Tacoma Regatta
Two young Seattle women return home from a weekend of festivities only to find themselves arrested and cleared in a bizarre case of mistaken identity.
- The 'Pistol-Packin' Girl' of Seattle's Waterfront
A rowdy encounter on the Seattle waterfront leaves a man stunned after a local girl pulls a pistol on him—and fires.
- The Express Driver's Abandonment: A Frontier Scandal
A local expressman faces public condemnation after seducing two young women in northern settlements and fleeing town with his family's savings.