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Signing: Nancy Engle PhD

October 6, 2017 - October 6, 2017

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While known as the home of Father’s Day, Spokane benefited from its share of trailblazing women. In 1886, Mother Joseph, a pioneering architect, constructed the first Sacred Heart Hospital. After fire destroyed thirty-six blocks in 1889, Anna Stratton Browne and her friends raised $10,000 to build a home for needy children that operated for six decades. And in early 1908, May Hutton became president of the Spokane Equal Suffrage League, persevering until 1910, when Washington voters gave women the vote. Historian Nancy Driscol Engle commemorates the unforgettable contributions of Spokane’s women in “Influential Women of Spokane: Building a Fair City.” This title is part of History Press’ Remarkable Women series. Featuring a forward penned by Linda Hunt, author of “Bold Spirit,” Engle’s “Influential Women of Spokane” is packed with almost 60 amazing black and white photographs and detailed vignettes of the Spokane women who deserve to be remembered.

When:

1:30-3:30 p.m.

Where:

Auntie's Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave.

City:

Spokane

Neighborhood:

Riverside neighborhood, Downtown

Phone:

509-838-0206

Website:

http://www.auntiesbooks.com/

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