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Mossback’s Northwest | The “Bird Woman” and an ode to ornithology
A century ago, Seattle’s first female principal, Adelaide Lowry Pollock, spread the gospel of birds and good citizenship to a generation of schoolkids.
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Mossback's Northwest
The Bird Woman
A Seattle educator set out to teach that birdwatching made good citizens.
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Mossback’s Northwest: Lumberjacks, meet the Lumberjills
You’ve heard of Rosie the Riveter, but how about Rosie the Logger? During both world wars, the Northwest brought working women to the woods.
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Sitka Spruce and Rosie the Logger
How wood helped fight two wars, and the timber women who also answered the call.
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Mossback’s Northwest: How architect Minoru Yamasaki designed the future
Born in Seattle’s Japantown, he rose from hardship to build aspirational icons like the Pacific Science Center and the World Trade Center.