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1.	The Women of Ellensburg Report of the Washington State International Women's Year Conference 1977	Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Congresses. Women's rights -- United States -- Congresses.	This report about the Washington State IVVY Conference fulfills one of the objectives of the Washington State Coordinating Committee - to make available the issues and events of the State Conference for...

2.	The Women of Ellensburg: Report of the Washington State International Women's Year Conference 1977		monograph

3.	Unemployed in Jungles Outside Seattle, Wash., Cooking Up a Mulligan from Meat and Vegetables Gathered from Nearby Farms	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; homelessness	watercolor and ink painting depicts Depression-era poverty in Seattle, WA. This is one of 30 in a series by Ginther.

4.	The Great Depression. Christmas Eve, Seattle, Wash. Unemployed Returning to Their Shacks near the City Dump, after Bumming the Streets for Food	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; homelessness	watercolor and ink painting depicts Depression-era poverty in Seattle, WA. This is one of 30 in a series by Ginther.

5.	"The Feminization of Poverty"	women and economics, women and politics	Report on the increasing percentage of women below the poverty line examines factors at work, including gendered job opportunities, unequal pay, and single parent families frequently headed by women.

6.	'Portland, Ore. Unemployed Getting Wood From Abandoned Willamette River Dock. Winter, 1931.'	poverty; art; Portland, OR; The Great Depression	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a 1931 winter wood-gathering scene in Portland, Oregon. Unemployed men tear up an abandoned Willamette River Dock to gather its lumber for wood. A truck in the...

7.	'Seattle City Jail, 1934, The Great Depression. `Fish On the Line'. New Inmates For the Time Tank.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; jail	This is a watercolor and ink painting of the Seattle City Jail in 1934 depicting new inmates (`Fish on the Line') being put into jail (`Time Tank').

8.	'Flop House, 20 cents A Bed, Skid Road, Seattle, Wash., 1931, Looking For Bed Bugs. The Great Depression.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; skid road; lice	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a Seattle flop house on Skid Road in 1931. It depicts some men looking for bed bugs before crawling into bed; the other men are already in bed.

9.	'Streets of Seattle, 1934. Unemployed Passing Through the Pike Place Market On Their Way To the Soup Kitchen On Western Avenue.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; unemployment; Pikes Place Market	This is a watercolor and ink painting of the streets of Seattle in 1934 depicting some unemployed men passing through the Pike Place Market on their way to the soup kitchen on Western Avenue.

10.	'Outskirts of Seattle, 1931. Cold weather Coming Soon. Freight Train Southward Bound.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; homelessness; train	This is a watercolor and ink painting of the outskirts of Seattle in l931. It depicts men jumping on a freight train that is southward bound.

11.	'Streets of Seattle, 1930. Women Evangelists On the Skid Road.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; skid road	This is a watercolor and ink painting of the streets of Seattle in 1930 depicting women evangelists preaching and singing to men on Skid Road.

12.	'Seattle City Jail. `Boy-Girls' in the Time Tank. 1934.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; jail	Watercolor and ink painting of men in the Seattle City Jail

13.	'Portland, Ore., 1931. The Great Depression. Unemployed Butchering Cow for Food. Car Hidden in Brush on Abandoned Road Overlooking Dairy Farm. Sunday Morning.'	poverty; art; Portland, OR; The Great Depression; cow; unemployment	This is a watercolor and ink painting on paperboard of a cow in foreground being butchered for food. Scene overlooks a dairy farm near Portland, Oregon.

14.	'Seattle City Jail--1934, Sunday in the Time Tank. The Great Depression.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; jail	This is a watercolor and ink painting of the Seattle City Jail on a Sunday in 1934. It depicts male inmates sitting, standing, and lying down in the 'time tank' listening to two male preachers reading...

15.	'The Great Depression. Oregon State Hunger March, Jan. 6-7-8, 1933. Portland--Astoria Contingents Spend Night In Abandoned Hall in Woodburn, Oregon, On Their Way to Salem Demanding Work.'	poverty; art; Oregon; The Great Depression; Oregon State Hunger March	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a brick-walled room in an abandoned hall in Woodburn, Oregon in 1933. Portland--Astoria male contingents spend a night here on their way to Salem to demand work. ...

16.	'Seattle, Wash. 1934. Ten Cents a Dance.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; dance	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a 1934 barroom scene in Seattle, Wash. Women are depicted dancing with male partners for 10 cents a dance.

17.	'Near Tacoma, Washington. March 1933. The Great Depression. King Co., and Seattle Contingent----Washington State Hunger March on Olympia. Sympathetic Farmers Bring in Supplies Along the Line of March.'	poverty; art; Tacoma, WA; The Great Depression; Washington State Hunger March	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a scene near Tacoma in March 1933. It depicts men and women in a Washington State Hunger march on U.S. Highway 99 South to Olympia. Farmers bring in supplies along...

18.	'Skid Road Cafe - Seattle, Wash. The 1930's -- Irate Waitress Tangles with a Drunk.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; skid road	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a scene in a Seattle Skid Road cafe in the 1930s. It depicts five male customers up at the counter, one of them is drunk and the irate waitress pulls his hair. ...

19.	'Battle of the Century - 1921 - Egan's Ranch - Near Salem, Ore. Ivan Ginther and Jack Murphy - One-Hour Bare Fist Fight. Murphy Going Down.'	poverty; art; Salem, OR; The Great Depression	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a fist fight scene between Ivan Ginther and Jack Murphy at Egan's Ranch near Salem, Oregon in 1921. A crowd of people watch as a bloody Jack Murphy goes down.

20.	'Pioneer Square - Soapbox Orators'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; Pioneer Square	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a street scene in Pioneer Square of Seattle depicting soapbox orators talking to groups of men.