Posts Tagged ‘history’
Celebrate Her-Story During Women’s History Month
ICSEW members with Gov. Dan Evans for signing of HB 143 executive request relating to community property equalizing management powers between spouses. Circa 1972. Courtesy of Washington State Archives By Rachel Friederich, ICSEW Communications Chair March is Women’s History Month. The month is set aside to honor women’s contributions in American history. In Washington state,…
May Meeting 2020 Recap
Kim Wyman, Women’s Suffrage Centennial and Mentorship Pilot Update By Rachel Friederich, ICSEW Communications Chair The women of our grandmothers’ time lived in a very small and narrow sphere, but civilization has advanced by many leaps and bounds. Now Washington can prove to the world the greatness of our evergreen state is not determined by…
Women’s History Month: How State Employed Women Have Impacted Our State’s History
By Amal Joury, ICSEW Chair As Women’s History Month comes to a close, I want to encourage you to reflect on the work the newly-formed Blacks United In Leadership and Diversity (BUILD) business resource group ICSEW does and continues to do. Since before Washington gained its statehood from a territory in 1889 to now—women have…
Trailblazing for Women's Equity on and off the Court
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on the Washington State Department of Corrections’ website. Story and photos by Rachel Friederich, Washington State Department of Corrections GIG HARBOR – “When our powers combine, we change lives.” Those are the words displayed above Corrections Specialist Lynne Newark’s computer. She repeats the words to participants in her cognitive…