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Lenor Scheffler: Trailblazing attorney with heart

Lenor Scheffler (Courtesy Photo) Lenor Scheffler learned…

Feminism in action

"I love helping students explore leadership."

2012 Changemaker: ‘With Impunity’

Documentary examines culture and history of gender-based violence. "We really wanted to tell the story that if we are ever going to stop men's violence against women that men need to step up in leadership."

Out in rural Minnesota: Jessi Tebben and Ashley Schuman build family-despite challenges

Jessi Tebben (left) Ashley Schuman (Courtesy Photo) Both…

Small businesses take a stand on marriage equality

It's one thing for an individual to take a stand on the issue of marriage equality. It's another level for a small business to take a stand. The Minnesota Women's Press spoke with three independent business women about their resolve to stand up for marriage for all.

Second-chance gardener

"You have been given a second chance, and it would be a shame to waste it."

Slowed road to equality

The annual report on the status of women and girls in Minnesota. More than 60 people from a variety of organizations and coalitions gathered and analyzed data about economics, safety and security, health and reproductive rights, and power and leadership.

Pelican Rapids: Foster peace

"I believe how a person feels received into a new community has a lot to do with their response to that community later on."

Foster peace: A small town in northwestern Minnesota celebrates its diversity

Dianne Kimm, Johanna Christianson and Joan Ellison (Photo by…

2011 Changemakers: ‘Women Making Change’

"If you don't like something, work to change it."

Sermons on the tractor

"Sometimes when I am weeding or driving the tractor, I am rolling a sermon around in my head."

Sailing up stream

"Life on land can be very stressful in very minute ways, whereas life on a boat is simple. It's relaxed. Stress is reserved for actual stressful events like when you're running aground or a storm is coming."