
Voice leader
What did I want to do as an Anishinaabe female musician?"

Crop tenders
"They [immigrants] are key to our workforce. ...They work hard. They are well-liked workers and often they have family generations on the same farm."

Dairy diva
"I just wasn't cut out to work with plants. Living, breathing animals are just more my thing."

‘Our hip, cool nun’
It would be 57 years before Sister Justina found out her birth name and learned why her mother abandoned her in a basket outside an orphanage.

2007 Changemaker: Nancy Scheibe
Gathering women's wisdom while paddling the Mississippi

2007 Changemaker: TADA!
Teens Against Dating Abuse spread the message about dating abuse to ‘tween girls

Hip on hemp: Kristin Davis
Kristin Davis is the "hemp queen" using hemp and recycled fabric in her clothing business

Small towns, BIG opportunities
Women-owned businesses are flourishing in Ely and Owatonna

The constant gardener
Mimi Hottinger has come to terms with the abuse that shattered her childhood

Schools to take next step toward inclusive curricula
"More than 15 years ago, the state issued guidelines for correcting racial and gender inequalities in school curricula." ... This was published in a Minnesota Women's Press story in August 1989. That means we have intended to correct this issue since 1974.


For 2025 coverage, Minnesota Women’s Press earned a community leadership award, three photography awards, and four editorial awards, including for coverage of social issues and for our Spring 2025 “Know Your Rights” special section supported by Unidos MN. Our publisher was named Journalist of the Year by Violence Free Minnesota for gender-based violence coverage.