Julia Pritt

{{Short description|American philanthropist (1932–2010)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Julia Pritt

| birth_date ={{birth date|1932|07|9}}

| birth_place = Torrance, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|04|3|1932|07|9}}

| death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

| other_names =

| occupation = Philanthropist

| years_active =

| known_for = Cofounder of Attachmate

| notable_works =

}}

Julia Pritt ({{birth date|1932|07|09}} – {{Death date|2010|04|03|1932|07|09}}) was a Seattle area philanthropist and cofounder of Attachmate. She founded Julia's Place (a homeless family shelter in the Madrona neighborhood) and Washington Women in Need,{{citation|title=History|publisher=Washington Women in Need|url=http://www.wawomeninneed.org/doc/story.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020208060316/http://wawomeninneed.org/doc/history.htm|archivedate=2002-02-08}}{{citation|title=History of WWIN|year=2013|publisher=Washington Women in Need|url=http://wwin.org/history-julias-story/}} and donated land for an Issaquah park. Pritt died in April, 2010.{{citation|title=Issaquah benefactor Julia Pritt dies|newspaper=Issaquah Press|date=April 27, 2010|url=http://www.issaquahpress.com/2010/04/27/issaquah-benefactor-julia-pritt-dies/}}

The Julia Pritt House, a shelter for the homeless in Issaquah, was named for her.

Julia Pritt and Frank Pritt were Seattle software entrepreneurs who co-founded Attachmate in their living room in 1982. They were married for 28 years before divorcing in 1990.{{citation|title=Julia Pritt obituary|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=April 11, 2010|via=legacy.com|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=141670221}}

Pritt was born in Torrance, California, in 1932 and died in Seattle in April 2010.