A Dessert Theater Tribute to the Women Who Built Leavenworth and the surrounding area.
Celebrate the stories, strength, and spirit of the women who shaped Leavenworth. The Greater Leavenworth Museum and PEO Chapter JF invite you to an inspiring afternoon of film, exhibits, and delicious desserts as we honor the remarkable women—past and present—who helped build our valley community.
This year’s event features a community screening of Women in History: Our Founding Mothers II, a locally produced film that continues the legacy of the original 2006 Centennial production. Through vivid storytelling and heartfelt portrayals, the film highlights the courage, creativity, and resilience of Leavenworth’s “women of substance”—women whose strength of character, mind, and spirit helped define our town from the late 1800s to today.
“Women have been unsung heroines… the foundations of their families and communities.”
Why This Event Matters
This gathering is more than a film screening—it’s a celebration of the women who built the foundations of our community. Many of them set aside personal ambitions to strengthen families, orchards, schools, and civic life. Their stories remind us that Leavenworth’s history is not just about place—it’s about people, especially the women whose contributions often went unrecognized.
By attending, you help preserve these stories and support future generations of women through scholarships and community history programs.
What You’ll Experience:
A special screening of Our Founding Mothers II, created by an all local production team:
Production Manager: Georgia Bakke Tull
Producer: Ann Koenig
Director: Susan Butruille
Historical exhibits and presentations from:
Vesta Women’s Club
Tamarack Women’s Club
Leavenworth Garden Club
Daughters of the American Revolution
Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO Chapter JF)
A tribute to Leavenworth’s “Women of Substance”, inspired by last year’s program featuring women such as:
Amanda Martin Towne Wilson - First woman licensed embalmer in WA State. Where she saw a need, she saw a livelihood.
Mary Posey Kellum - Self-Sufficient, courageous African American, Woman Pioneer and orchardist
Ieetum - Independent, Courageous Native American woman, the granddaughter of the last Wenatchi Band Chief
Inga Mork Bakke - This tiny Norwegian immigrant was fiercely independent and determined to raise her family with advantages she had not known in Norway.
Janie Pipkin Hollingsworth - Who rode trail and packed in everywhere in the surrounding mountains.
E. Lorrene Young - Who came to Leavenworth to find herself a ski jumper and stayed to become an important woman to our city.
Rowena 'Rena' Simon Stroup - Business woman, mother and community leader, her motto, 'What you see is what you get!
Silvia Sanchez - present day Mexican immigrant studying for her U.S. Citizenship. and working hard to give her family a better life in a new country.
Harriet Bullitt - A well Known name in our present-day community tells us her compelling life story...,
And many more women whose stories continue to inspire
A delicious dessert buffet served in a warm, welcoming community setting
A fundraiser supporting two important causes:
The Greater Leavenworth Museum
The PEO Scholarship Fund