Jean Wilkinson

Jean Wilkinson is a Puget Sound native. She was born and grew up in Bellingham, and moved to Tacoma to attend the University of Puget Sound where she earned a B.A. in History. After spending a year in Saarbrucken, Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship, Jean attended the University of Washington School of Law, attaining a…

Konrad Schneider – 1/10/2021

Throughout 2021 we are featuring events and people from the Sylvester’s Window cityscape project, now available online. In 1856, Olympia’s cofounder Edmund Sylvester was overseeing construction of his Italianate mansion, located just south of the town common now named after him. A German immigrant, Konrad Schneider, was responsible for much of the home’s construction. Schneider…

Sue Lean

Sue Lean is an exhibit and event planner by profession. She serves as the Vice Chair of the Women’s History Consortium, an advisory board to the Washington State Historical Society. She has created major exhibits on the Washington State Constitution of 1889, George Washington as the state namesake, and the Washington State Supreme Court She…