These Are My Mom's Beautiful, Painful Hands I told my mom one day that I thought she was a very headstrong woman. “What do you mean ‘strong?’” she asked me. Shina Williams
Exhausted And Afraid, Young Homeless Woman Tells Herself 'Everything’s OK' We meet Lisa Sawyer on the corner of 4th and Union in downtown Seattle. That’s where she sells the Real Change street paper every day. Sawyer wears a Se... Kate OConnell
Mom Fired By Overlake Hospital After Lactation Room Complaint Jamie Steeb’s breasts hurt. Steeb was a nursing assistant at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue. She had returned from maternity leave and needed time to... Isolde Raftery
Anne-Marie Slaughter: What The Richest And Poorest Women Have In Common In 2012, Anne-Marie Slaughter worked long hours for the U.S. Department of State. After leaving Washington, she wrote an essay for The Atlantic titled, ... John O'Brien
Who Runs Seattle Politics? (Women) After last week's inauguration, Seattle City Council has a 5-4 female majority. However, it is not the first time women have led City Hall. In fact,... Allie Ferguson
Women's Shelter Opens In Greenwood As Seattle Fights Homelessness One of Seattle's homeless shelters has a new location, with more beds than before. The Hammond House women's shelter is now in the Greenwood... Paige Browning
Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Finds Hope On The Road Gloria Steinem doesn’t like being called an icon. She sees herself as one in a tide of women who made and make change, so she doesn’t want to be put up... John O'Brien
Ursula K. Le Guin On Getting ‘Permission’ To Write Like A Woman Legendary science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin visited Seattle University recently to meet with students and read from her novel "The Lathe of... John O'Brien
The Nation's Dave Zirin On The Intersection Of Sports And Social Justice Jeannie Yandel talks with Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, about the role of professional sports in conversations about race, gender and social... Jeannie Yandel
SLIDESHOW: Why Seattle Moms Still Pump In Bathrooms The lactation room wasn’t a room at all. It was a corner of the lunch room in an old King County building in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood. A... Ann Dornfeld
