Patch-Work Politics
Location: Highline Heritage Museum
Address: 819 SW 152nd St. Burien WA 98166
Contact Email: events@highlinemuseum.org
Website: Event Link
Date: Saturday June 13, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Price: Free
Patch-Work Politics, The daring story of Mrs. Bertha Knight Landes, who in 1926 became not only Seattle’s first woman mayor, but the first woman mayor of any major metropolitan city in the United States!
Since 1987 N.W. Storyteller/Actress Debbie Dimitre has been entertaining, inspiring, and educating audiences of all ages with her historical and dramatic storytelling presentations. In costume and by the glow of her kerosene lamp, Debbie brings to life women and young girls in American history through story and first-person portrayals in a unique style. Some of her portrayals include such women as Harriet Beecher-Stowe, Nellie Bly, Eleanor Roosevelt, Annie Oakley, Grandma Moses, and Rachel Carson.