Dolores Sibonga



Dolores Sibonga


  • 1st Filipina-American and 1st Asian woman to be elected to Seattle's City Council (1980)
  • 1st Filipina-American and 1st minority woman to serve on Seattle's City Council (1979)
  • 1st Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar (1973)



QUOTE
"Family always comes first and then community and then career."


DATE OF BIRTH
1931



USEFUL LINKS

Dolores Sibonga, Filipina American lawyer, appointed to Seattle City Council in August 1978
Women First in Seattle Government
Sibonga wants back on City Council
Filipino Americans in Seattle
APIA Political Firsts
Living in Two Worlds: The Asian Woman's Experience