Saturday, February 23, 2019

"Laments over unbridled growth in our beloved Northwest are nothing new" - Dr. Laura Laffrado for the Seattle Times


An opinion editorial by Dr. Laura Laffrado, the Director of the Ella Higginson Recovery Project and professor of English at Western Washington University, has been published in the Seattle Times. The op-ed piece discusses the development of the Pacific Northwest, particularly the Seattle area, through the words of an Ella Higginson essay titled “The New West” published in 1892.

“She [Higginson] could not have imagined the immense population of the region today and what would be needed to support such massive growth. But she rightly feared the changes to come,” Laffrado writes.

To read the full article, visit the Opinions page of the Seattle Times website, or clink the link below:


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