Notable Women of Portland

Portland’s history has traditionally been narrated with a male-centric perspective. However, this book presents a unique perspective on Portland’s history, highlighting the significant contributions of numerous women who shaped Oregon. Among them are Native American women like Polly Johnson and Josette Nouette, pioneers like Minerva Carter and Charlotte Terwilliger, doctors like Marie Equi, Mary Priscilla Avery Sawtelle, and Bethina Owens-Adair, artists like Eliza Barchus and Lily E. White, suffragists like Abigail Scott Duniway, Hattie Redmond, and Eva Emery Dye, lawyer Mary Gysin Leonard, Air Force pilot Hazel Ying Lee, politicians like Barbara Roberts and Margaret Carter, and authors like Frances Fuller Victor, Beverly Cleary, Beatrice Morrow Cannady, Ursula Le Guin, and Jean Auel. These remarkable women contributed to the development and transformation of Portland into the vibrant city it is today and more.