List of first women lawyers and judges in Washington (English Wikipedia)

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1512books.google.com

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118wa.gov

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97spokesman.com

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64seattletimes.com

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44kingcounty.gov

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33archive.org

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33worldcat.org

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33columbian.com

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32nwasianweekly.com

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32bellinghamherald.com

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31seattleu.edu

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22latimes.com

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22apnews.com

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22kcba.org

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22crosscut.com

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22thenewstribune.com

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22heraldnet.com

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22yakimaherald.com

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21jwa.org

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21seattlepi.com

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21opb.org

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21washingtontimes.com

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21q13fox.com

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21nostalgiamagazine.net

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22wsba.org

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21theolympian.com

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11loc.gov

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11alaskahistory.org

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11seattlemedium.com

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11yahoo.com

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11shadowproof.com

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11tri-cityherald.com

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11wenatcheeworld.com

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11cashmerevalleyrecord.com

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11ptleader.com

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11peninsuladailynews.com

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11tdn.com

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11kccucc.org

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11advancingjustice-aajc.org

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11olympiahistory.org

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11thestranger.com

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11kitsapsun.com

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11genealogybuff.com

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11chronline.com

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11kuow.org

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11thurstontalk.com

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11whitman.edu

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11union-bulletin.com

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11newsbank.com

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advancingjustice-aajc.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Kim Tran | Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC". www.advancingjustice-aajc.org. Retrieved March 20, 2025.

alaskahistory.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Hamill, Mildred Henthorn | Alaska History". www.alaskahistory.org. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

apnews.com (Global: 101^st place; English: 62^nd place)

"Obituaries in the News". AP NEWS. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
"Obituaries in the News". AP NEWS. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Parker, Monica R. (January 1, 2010). What it Takes: How Women of Color Can Thrive Within the Practice of Law. American Bar Association. p. 6. ISBN 9781590319925. first filipina to practice law in the united states.
The Daily Colonist (1979-05-12). University of Victoria. 1979.
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. J. T. White Company. 1893. p. 293. Leila Robinson Sawtelle seattle washington lawyer.

bellinghamherald.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Whatcom County's first Native American judge to be sworn in Friday". bellinghamherald. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
Shirley, Julie (January 6, 2020). "Montoya-Lewis sworn in as Washington's first Native American Supreme Court justice". Washington Post.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

VanBurkleo, Sandra F. (November 30, 2015). Gender Remade: Citizenship, Suffrage, and Public Power in the New Northwest, 1879–1912. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316473030.
Abrams, Jeanne E. (November 2007). Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814707203.
America, History and Life. ABC-CLIO. 2005.
Washington State Bar News. Washington State Bar Association. 1995.
Vile, John R. (2003). Great American Judges: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576079898.
Martin, Mart (April 24, 2018). The Almanac Of Women And Minorities In American Politics 2002. Routledge. ISBN 9780429976483.
Congress (April 27, 2015). Congressional Record: Bound Volumes. INIAP Archivo Historico.
Newell, Gordon R. (1975). Rogues, Buffoons & Statesmen. Hangman Press. ISBN 978-0-87564-106-5.
Clift, Eleanor; Brazaitis, Tom (May 6, 2016). Madam President, Revised Edition: Women Blazing the Leadership Trail. Routledge. ISBN 9781136705243.
Washington State Bar News. Washington State Bar Association. 1996.
Gillmore, Inez Haynes (1933). Angels and Amazons: A Hundred Years of American Women. Doubleday, Doran, Incorporated.
Washington State Bar News. Washington State Bar Association. 1988.

cashmerevalleyrecord.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Carol Wardell, Chelan PUD Attorney retiring, ready to 'take on new challenges' | Cashmere Valley Record". www.cashmerevalleyrecord.com. Retrieved December 24, 2018.

chronline.com (Global: low place; English: 6,490^th place)

Johnson, Natalie (January 10, 2017). "O'Rourke Sworn in as First Female Judge in Lewis County". The Chronicle. Retrieved January 6, 2018.

columbian.com (Global: 8,571^st place; English: 4,664^th place)

"Johnson, Clark County's first woman judge, to retire". The Columbian. December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
"Women rule: Recent additions make Clark County Superior Court better reflect community". The Columbian. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
"Clark County swears in its first Asian American judge". The Columbian. January 23, 2026. Retrieved January 28, 2026.

crosscut.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Syed, Maleeha. "WA's new federal judges signify reversal of Trump-era influence | Crosscut". crosscut.com. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
Syed, Maleeha. "WA's new federal judges signify reversal of Trump-era influence | Crosscut". crosscut.com. Retrieved April 14, 2022.

genealogybuff.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Cribbs, Bill. "WASHINGTON - Kittitas County - Miscellaneous Obituaries". www.genealogybuff.com. Retrieved October 15, 2017.

heraldnet.com (Global: 4,950^th place; English: 2,443^rd place)

"Kathryn Trumbull, first woman on county Superior Court, dies | HeraldNet.com". HeraldNet.com. March 24, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
Geschke, Will (November 5, 2024). "Rivera defeats Anderson in Snohomish County judge race". HeraldNet.com. Retrieved November 21, 2024.

jwa.org (Global: 2,686^th place; English: 1,824^th place)

"First Jewish woman lawyer admitted to Washington state bar | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved February 12, 2018.

kcba.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"King County Bar Association's Annual Awards Celebration" (PDF). King County Bar Association. 2021.
"Mission & History". www.kcba.org. Retrieved January 6, 2019.

kccucc.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

mail.kccucc.org

"Washington Association Meets in Houghton Church". mail.kccucc.org. Retrieved July 10, 2019.

kingcounty.gov (Global: low place; English: 5,728^th place)

kingcounty.gov

"Judge Kuljinder Dhillon". King County. September 20, 2021.
"Judge Leah Taguba". King County District Court.
"King County Prosecuting Attorney". King County, Washington.

info.kingcounty.gov

"Marcine Anderson (King County, Washington)". info.kingcounty.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

kitsapsun.com (Global: 9,298^th place; English: 4,858^th place)

Binion, Andrew. "Flood makes Bremerton and Kitsap County history with election to city court". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

kuow.org (Global: low place; English: 7,098^th place)

Denkmann, Libby; Cowan, Alec; Burrows, Jason (December 28, 2022). "Sound it Out:". www.kuow.org. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

"Obituaries". Los Angeles Times. May 28, 1999. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
"Obituaries". Los Angeles Times. May 28, 1999. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

loc.gov (Global: 63^rd place; English: 47^th place)

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

"First Woman Judge in the Country". The Day Book. December 21, 1911. ISSN 2163-7121. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

newsbank.com (Global: 492^nd place; English: 245^th place)

infoweb.newsbank.com

"Elizabeth M. Balas". infoweb.newsbank.com. July 9, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2024.

nostalgiamagazine.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

""Reba" Hurn: Spokane's First Female Lawyer – Nostalgia Magazine". www.nostalgiamagazine.net. Retrieved October 5, 2018.

nwasianweekly.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Judge C. Kimi Kondo retirement". Northwest Asian Weekly. January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
"An unconventional path for the first Korean female judge in higher court". Northwest Asian Weekly. September 1, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2025.

olympiahistory.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Ross, Deb. "Westhillsyde (Allen/Beals House) | Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum". Retrieved July 10, 2019.

opb.org (Global: 5,615^th place; English: 2,764^th place)

Jenkins, Austin. "Gov. Jay Inslee Appoints First Black Female Justice To Serve On Washington Supreme Court". Opb. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

peninsuladailynews.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Gottlieb, Paul (January 8, 2019). "Port Angeles attorney becomes Clallam Superior Court's first female judge". Peninsula Daily News. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

ptleader.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"PTHS students quiz Supreme Court justice". Port Townsend Leader. Retrieved December 24, 2018.

q13fox.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Jenny Durkan elected mayor of Seattle, first woman to hold the office since 1926". Q13 FOX News. November 9, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2018.

seattlemedium.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Inslee Appoints Judge Lori K. Smith To State Court Of Appeals". The Seattle Medium. July 3, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

seattlepi.com (Global: 1,619^th place; English: 867^th place)

"State gets its first Latino federal judge". seattlepi.com. Retrieved May 30, 2018.

seattletimes.com (Global: 449^th place; English: 222^nd place)

archive.seattletimes.com

"King County Judge Otero To Retire". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
"From Teacher To Judge To Time Off -- Otero Plans To Retire After Two Decades On King County Bench". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
"Business | Durham Resigning State Supreme Court". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved July 22, 2019.

seattletimes.com

"The Times recommends: Mariane Spearman for King County Superior Court position 53". The Seattle Times. October 5, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2019.

seattleu.edu (Global: low place; English: low place)

law.seattleu.edu

"Judge Helen Whitener '98 named Woman of the Year : Seattle University School of Law : Seattle Washington". law.seattleu.edu. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

shadowproof.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Laurie Jinkins: breaking the lesbian barrier in the Washington state legislature - Shadowproof". Shadowproof. October 30, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

spokesman.com (Global: 2,124^th place; English: 994^th place)

"Quadriplegic An Inspiration To All She Meets | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
"Quadriplegic An Inspiration To All She Meets | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
"Landmarks: Monument dedicated to Rebecca Hurn, Spokane's first female lawyer, state's first female senator". Spokesman.com. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
"Gov. Inslee appoints first female African American judge in Eastern Washington to Spokane County Superior Court | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
"Lawyer Kathleen Taft dies | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
"Raising the bar | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
"First female judge in Spokane County Superior Court retiring this week". Spokesman.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

tdn.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Jenkins, Don. "Court swears in first female judge". Longview Daily News. Retrieved January 6, 2018.

thenewstribune.com (Global: 6,250^th place; English: 3,173^rd place)

"Pierce County deputy prosecutor to lead local bar association, hopes to diversify group". thenewstribune. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
"Mary Robnett, Pierce County's first woman prosecutor, sworn in to standing ovation". thenewstribune. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

theolympian.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Gentzler, Sara (October 1, 2020). "Carol Fuller, first female superior court judge for Mason and Thurston counties, dies at 90". The Olympian.

thestranger.com (Global: 4,496^th place; English: 2,480^th place)

Yip, Micah. "Erika Evans, Seattle's First Black City Attorney, Is Sworn In". The Stranger. Retrieved March 14, 2026.

thurstontalk.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Crooks, Jennifer (May 19, 2019). "People in Public Service: Sally Eke". ThurstonTalk. Retrieved July 10, 2019.

tri-cityherald.com (Global: low place; English: 8,615^th place)

"Benton-County judge, Wenatchee lawyer pegged for Shea replacement". tri-cityherald. Retrieved December 24, 2018.

union-bulletin.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Burnham, Jeremy (January 11, 2025). "Patricia Fulton becomes Walla Walla County's first woman superior court judge". Union-Bulletin.com. Retrieved January 15, 2025.

wa.gov (Global: 1,564^th place; English: 741^st place)

courts.wa.gov

"Washington State Courts - News, Reports, Court Information". www.courts.wa.gov. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
"Equal Justice Newsletter: Volume 3, Number 1, March 2000". www.courts.wa.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
Camden, Jim (May 21, 2014). "State Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu sworn in" (PDF). The Spokesman-Review.
"Justice Mary I. Yu". Washington State Courts.
"Judge J. Ben McInturff". Washington State Court of Appeals.

washingtontimes.com (Global: 1,359^th place; English: 789^th place)

"Native American to be sworn in as Whatcom County judge". The Washington Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

wenatcheeworld.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Herald, Kristin M. KraemerTri-City. "Tri-Cities court gets its first Latina judge". The Wenatchee World. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

whitman.edu (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Sandy Flores '08 is first Latina lawyer sworn into the bar in Walla Walla". Whitman College. December 3, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2017.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

search.worldcat.org

"Obituaries". Los Angeles Times. May 28, 1999. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
"First Woman Judge in the Country". The Day Book. December 21, 1911. ISSN 2163-7121. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
"Obituaries". Los Angeles Times. May 28, 1999. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

wsba.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

nwsidebar.wsba.org

"Celebrating Women's History Month in Washington". March 15, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

wsba.org

"Washington State's Sunitha Anjilvel Becomes first South Asian Female President of a State Bar Association". wsba.org. Retrieved April 10, 2025.

yahoo.com (Global: 431^st place; English: 257^th place)

"Taiwanese-born lawyer is first Asian American federal judge in Washington state". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

yakimaherald.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Herald-Republic, JANELLE RETKA Yakima. "Rodriguez True becomes 1st Latino to serve as Yakima County Superior Court commissioner". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
MEYERS, DONALD W. "Sonia Rodriguez True formally sworn in as 1st Latina Yakima Superior Court judge". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved November 23, 2022.

List of first women lawyers and judges in Washington (English Wikipedia)

advancingjustice-aajc.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

alaskahistory.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

apnews.com (Global: 101st place; English: 62nd place)

archive.org (Global: 6th place; English: 6th place)

bellinghamherald.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

cashmerevalleyrecord.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

chronline.com (Global: low place; English: 6,490th place)

columbian.com (Global: 8,571st place; English: 4,664th place)

crosscut.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

genealogybuff.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

heraldnet.com (Global: 4,950th place; English: 2,443rd place)

jwa.org (Global: 2,686th place; English: 1,824th place)

kcba.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

kccucc.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

mail.kccucc.org

kingcounty.gov (Global: low place; English: 5,728th place)

kingcounty.gov

info.kingcounty.gov

kitsapsun.com (Global: 9,298th place; English: 4,858th place)

kuow.org (Global: low place; English: 7,098th place)

latimes.com (Global: 32nd place; English: 21st place)

loc.gov (Global: 63rd place; English: 47th place)

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

newsbank.com (Global: 492nd place; English: 245th place)

infoweb.newsbank.com

nostalgiamagazine.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

nwasianweekly.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

olympiahistory.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

opb.org (Global: 5,615th place; English: 2,764th place)

peninsuladailynews.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

ptleader.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

q13fox.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

seattlemedium.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

seattlepi.com (Global: 1,619th place; English: 867th place)

seattletimes.com (Global: 449th place; English: 222nd place)

archive.seattletimes.com

seattletimes.com

seattleu.edu (Global: low place; English: low place)

law.seattleu.edu

shadowproof.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

spokesman.com (Global: 2,124th place; English: 994th place)

tdn.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

thenewstribune.com (Global: 6,250th place; English: 3,173rd place)

theolympian.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

thestranger.com (Global: 4,496th place; English: 2,480th place)

thurstontalk.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

tri-cityherald.com (Global: low place; English: 8,615th place)

union-bulletin.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

wa.gov (Global: 1,564th place; English: 741st place)

courts.wa.gov

sos.wa.gov

governor.wa.gov

atg.wa.gov

washingtontimes.com (Global: 1,359th place; English: 789th place)

wenatcheeworld.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

whitman.edu (Global: low place; English: low place)

worldcat.org (Global: 4th place; English: 4th place)

search.worldcat.org

wsba.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

nwsidebar.wsba.org

wsba.org

yahoo.com (Global: 431st place; English: 257th place)

yakimaherald.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

apnews.com (Global: 101^st place; English: 62^nd place)

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

chronline.com (Global: low place; English: 6,490^th place)

columbian.com (Global: 8,571^st place; English: 4,664^th place)

heraldnet.com (Global: 4,950^th place; English: 2,443^rd place)

jwa.org (Global: 2,686^th place; English: 1,824^th place)

kingcounty.gov (Global: low place; English: 5,728^th place)

kitsapsun.com (Global: 9,298^th place; English: 4,858^th place)

kuow.org (Global: low place; English: 7,098^th place)

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

loc.gov (Global: 63^rd place; English: 47^th place)

newsbank.com (Global: 492^nd place; English: 245^th place)

opb.org (Global: 5,615^th place; English: 2,764^th place)

seattlepi.com (Global: 1,619^th place; English: 867^th place)

seattletimes.com (Global: 449^th place; English: 222^nd place)

spokesman.com (Global: 2,124^th place; English: 994^th place)

thenewstribune.com (Global: 6,250^th place; English: 3,173^rd place)

thestranger.com (Global: 4,496^th place; English: 2,480^th place)

tri-cityherald.com (Global: low place; English: 8,615^th place)

wa.gov (Global: 1,564^th place; English: 741^st place)

washingtontimes.com (Global: 1,359^th place; English: 789^th place)

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

yahoo.com (Global: 431^st place; English: 257^th place)