Edith Macefield

Edith Macefield (b. 1921 Oregon, d. June 15 2008 Seattle, Washington) achieved worldwide notoriety in 2006 when she stubbornly turned down US$1 million to sell her home to make way for a commercial development in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. [cite web
url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/367335_obitmacefield18.html
title=Edith Macefield, 1921-2008: Ballard woman held her ground as change closed in around her
first=Kathy
last=Mulady
publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer
date=2008-06-16] [cite web
url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002791343_danny08.html
title=Big offer for tiny home leaves woman unmoved
first=Danny
last=Westneat
publisher=Seattle Times
date=2006-02-08] [cite web
url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/12/assignment_america/main3362950.shtml
title=The Woman Who Wouldn’t Sell: She’s Standing In The Way Of Progress - So They’re Building A Shopping Center Around Her
publisher=CBS Evening News
first=Steve
last=Hartman
date=2007-10-12] In the process, she became something of a folk hero. [cite web
url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91748718
title=All Things Considered: Remembering Seattle's Edith Macefield
first=Michele
last=Norris
publisher=National Public Radio
date=2008-06-20] Instead, the five-story project was built around her 108-year-old farmhouse, [cite web
url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071003.wmacefield1003/BNStory/International/home
title=Even for $1-million
publisher=The Associated Press
date=2007-10-03] where she passed away at age 86.

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