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March 20th, 2007

SKAGIT COUNTY WOMEN ELECTED OFFICIALS MEET GOVERNOR TO KICK OFF COMMEMORATION OF CENTENNIAL OF WASHINGTON WOMEN WINNING THE VOTE

SKAGIT COUNTY – All five women elected Skagit County Government officials recently attended a reception hosted by Governor Christine O. Gregoire and the Board of Advisors for the Women’s History Consortium to raise funds for the Commemoration in 2010 of the Centennial of Washington Women Winning the vote in 1910.

Attending were Auditor Jeanne Youngquist, Clerk Nancy Scott, Commissioner Sharon Dillon, Superior Court Judge Susan Cook, and Treasurer Katie Jungquist. The reception, “Sowing Good Seeds,” was held at the Governor’s Mansion in Olympia, on March 15, 2007.

Washington was the first state in the 20th century and the fifth state in the Union to permanently enact women’s suffrage after Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho in the 19th century. Washington women’s success in 1910 helped to inspire the campaign that culminated in the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, when women won the right to vote nationally.

For further information, contact: Dan Berentson
Communications Director
360-419-3461