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Mar 3, 2022 · March 3, 2022 at 6:00 am. By. Moira Macdonald. Seattle Times arts critic. This Women’s History Month, we are highlighting some of the incredible women who made an impact in Seattle’s past and those...
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Bertha Ethel Knight Landes (October 19, 1868 – November 29, 1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928. After years of civic activism, primarily with women's organizations, she was elected to the Seattle City Council in 1922 and became council president in 1924.
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Landes, Bertha Knight (1868–1943) Mayor of Seattle, Washington (1926), who was the first woman elected to lead a major American city. Born Bertha Ethel Knight in Ware, Massachusetts, on October 19, 1868; died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on November 29, 1943; youngest of nine children of Charles Sanford Knight (a painter and real estate agent) and ...
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- A MOTHER AND HOUSEWIFE, SHE FIRST ENTERED THE PUBLIC SPHERE THROUGH WOMEN’S CLUBS. Born in 1868 as the youngest of nine children, Bertha Knight grew up in Massachusetts.
- SHE WANTED CHANGE, BUT SHE WAS A REALIST. As one of her first acts on city council, Landes presented an ordinance to close Seattle’s taxi dance halls.
- SHE MADE A SPLASH AS ACTING MAYOR. In June 1924, Landes was elected president of the city council, and when Seattle’s mayor, Edwin J. Brown, left town later that month to attend the Democratic National Convention in New York City, she became acting mayor.
- SHE ARGUED FOR WOMEN IN POLITICS USING TRADITIONAL GENDER NORMS. While campaigning for mayor in 1926, Landes described her platform as “municipal housekeeping.”
Mar 2, 2003 · Bertha Knight Landes, elected mayor of Seattle in 1926, became the first woman to lead a major American city. She ran on a platform of "municipal housekeeping," vowing to clean up city government. She advocated municipal ownership of utilities such as City Light and street railways.
Jan 1, 2000 · Bertha Knight Landes was elected mayor of Seattle in 1926, becoming the first woman to lead a major American city. She ran on a platform of "municipal housekeeping," vowing to clean up city government. She advocated municipal ownership of utilities. Her single term ended in 1928. Bertha Knight Landes, ca. 1925.
First Mayor of a major U.S. city 1926-1928. “Since politics — until recently — has been a man’s world, men, as a whole are responsible for its corruption.”-. Bertha Knight Landes. When Progressive Bertha Knight Landes took the reins as the first woman mayor of a major U.S. city in 1926, she tightened the budget, raised standards, and ...
