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9 stories matching kenworthi
- The Agitator in Fetters
A prominent Seattle suffragist and labor activist is declared incapacitated by her family, sparking a debate on her past political defiance and current state of mind.
- The Disenfranchised Daughters of Seattle
Stripped of their right to vote by a Supreme Court ruling, the women of Seattle gather in a defiant, fractious meeting to organize against the 'fossils' of the law.
- The Women's Industrial Army Rises in Seattle
While the men of the Industrial Army prepared to march on Washington, Seattle women formed their own auxiliary to advocate for the unemployed and support working women.
- Late Night Fire in Seattle Alley
A cottage between Pike and Union Streets was partially destroyed by fire, leaving the occupant to escape in his nightclothes.
- Seattle Rallies Against Chinese Labor at the Standard Theater
An overflow crowd packs the Standard Theater to demand the total exclusion of Chinese laborers and the termination of the Burlingame Treaty, revealing the deep economic anxieties of the era.
- The Rule of Law in the Face of Mob Violence
In 1885, a Seattle judge delivered a scathing rebuke to a grand jury and the public, condemning anti-Chinese conspiracy and defending the right of all laborers—regardless of race or origin—to equal protection under the law.
- The Women Who Fed Seattle's Unemployed Army
A local auxiliary reported 478 meals served, 36 destitute families supplied, and work found for 23 women and girls—while asking the public to keep the effort alive.
- The Siege of Seattle's Anti-Chinese Agitators
As a community split over the exclusionary movement, labor activists gathered at the Standard Theater to defend their peers against legal indictment and internal unrest.
- A Gavel, a Roar, and a Populist Ticket Born in Chaos
King County's People's Party convention at Turner Hall turned into a shouting, proxy-fighting, faction-splitting marathon—and buried Dr. J. Eugene Jordan and Jack McDonald on the way to nominating a ticket.