In 1962, she became the first woman to head the King County Democrats as well as any major political party in a large metropolitan area in the United States.

[1] At the age of 16, she attended Cornish School and later received graduate degrees in Violin at the University of Washington and American Conservatory of Music.

In 1962, she became the first woman to chair the King County Democrats as well as any other major political party in a large metropolitan area in the country.

[1][2] In 1969, she won a seat on the Seattle City Council where she would serve for twenty years after five consecutive re-elections.

[1] Williams introduced some of the first legislation to prohibit employment and housing discrimination against gays and lesbians in the city.