Badass Fun Facts

Susan Balbas In February 2023, Susan attended the 2023 Global Conference for the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples in Mexico.

Beverly “Bev” Barnum The Wall of Moms had almost 20,000 members as of August 4th, 2020.

Dr. Jesse Laird Brodie She helped establish Planned Parenthood and helped pass contraception laws in Oregon.

Bertha Pitts Campbell An early Seattle civil rights worker, and the founder of one of the largest African American sororities.

Winifred Caywood Winifred and her husband Louis excavated two truckfuls of artifacts over the course of one weekend.

Cheryl Chow She was a Seattle City Council member, an educator, and an advocate for children.

Mona Das Mona has traveled to 37 countries!

Colleen Echohawk She fought for the marginalized indigenous populations in Seattle and nationwide.

Maria Fernandez Maria helped found the Latinos Networking for Justice, an organization that would later be used for inspiration when creating ELLA.

Rosalie Fish Rosalie’s great-grandfather was arrested for protesting discriminatory fishing and hunting laws.

Andrea Frost Andrea plays the ukulele and guitar after experiencing a 7.1 earthquake in Haines, Alaska.

Phyliss Gutiérrez Kenney A delegate to the White House and President of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Kathleen Hebert In 2003, she left her position as Vice President of Microsoft to devote her life to environmentalism and conservation.

Brenda Itta-Lee The first Native Alaskan woman to be elected into the Alaska Legislature, and worked as a lobbyist in Washington D.C.

Pramila Jayapal Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses.

Katie John Raised 20 children with her husband.

Dr. Mary-Claire King Has been The American Cancer Society Professor of Medical Genetics and of Genome Sciences at UW since 1995.

Marjorie Edwina Pitter King She was the first African American to serve in the Washington State Legislature

Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe Sasha wrote a memoir, “Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk”.

Christina Lomasney Co-founder of Modumetal and named one of the top innovators in the Seattle Magazine in 2008.

Monica McLemore Earned a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from The College of New Jersey in 1993.

Nurhaliza Mohmath One of the founders of Seattle’s only Halal-Malaysia-Cham restaurant in the Pacific Northwest.

Amanda Morgan Because of a school exchange program, Amanda went to the Palucca University of Dance, located in Dresden, Germany.

Emily Nokes Currently a music editor at BUST magazine.

Sabrene Odeh Sabrene also works with the International Rescue Committee as an advocate.

Professor Yolanda Padilla Yolanda has edited three books and has made plenty of journal Articles and Book chapters contributions to other publications.

Elizabeth Peratrovich She was influential in passing the United States’ first anti-discrimination law in 1945.

Heather Purser She pioneered same sex marriage for Suquamish.

Juanita Lewis Russel Juanita Lewis Russel owned Calneta Imports in Seattle, which specialized in baskets and other African imports.

Senator Rebecca Saldaña Rebecca earned a bachelor’s degree in Theology and Humanities from Seattle University.

Judge Lori K. Smith She has been a judge in King County and Washington state courts for over twelve years.

Nan Stoops Nan Stoops has worked in the anti-violence movement as an advocate and organizer for more than 40 years.

Nicolle Swims Nonbinary guitarist and vocalist of Seattle band Black Ends.

Selma Urbina Was born in Texas and moved to Portland for college. She is the program manager and skateboard instructor for the Skate Like A Girl organization.

Courtney Vandersloot Courtney and her wife Allie Quigley, married in Seattle on December 27th, 2018.

Erin Waters  Was recognized by the Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest as a 2019 Queer Hero.