Women's History Consortium

Local Grant Awards

In July of 2007, the Women's History Consortium, part of the Washington State Historical Society, announced the availability of grants for Women's History Local Projects for the 2007-09 Biennium.

Those grants were awarded to non-profit heritage organizations, tribal governments and local government agencies located and conducting activities within the State of Washington for programs and projects which interpret and preserve Washington women's history in one of six theme areas.

The maximum award was $5000.00 and did not require a match, although extra consideration was given to projects which used award funds to leverage other public or private funds. Selection of projects was made by a sub-committee of the Women's History Consortium Advisory Board. The WHC received 35 project proposals by the October 31, 2007 application deadline. Eventually, based upon available funding, 22 of those project proposals were accepted. These successful projects must be completed by June 30, 2009. Each of the projects will provide web-ready products which will be available on the Women's History Consortium website.

Local Grant Awardees:

Three suffragists post signs advocating women's suffrage on the side of a low wood structure in Seattle. Asahel Curtis took this photogrpah for the Washington Equal Suffrage Association.

Ten raspberry pickers, all women, stand in a row at the edge of a raspberry field in Western Washington.