
Legacy Story: A Newspaper in Which We See Ourselves (1985)
The first issue of Minnesota Women's Press.

A Conversation With Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan: What We Can Celebrate Around the State
Many of us have been working on these issues for two decades, and we are now seeing the fruit of that organizing.

We Are Celebrating Six Awards!
We are celebrating our triumphs at last night's Minnesota…
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Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan Talks Women and Leadership in Minnesota
We had an opportunity to talk with Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan. Here is some of what she shared with us about what she is proud of, on not going backwards, and on opportunities for cultural growth in Minnesota.

March 2022: In the News
Visit the award-winning womenspress.com website and listen to a radio show conversation about the new Changemakers Alliance

Founding Changemakers Alliance Members Talk About Fear
A flavor of Changemakers Alliance conversations

Collective Effort: Resettling Afghan Refugees in Minnesota
There are dozens of people statewide who are working together…

Naheed and Yusra Murad: Supporting Basic Needs
“It is not possible for someone to have a sense of physical, mental, and social well-being without having safe, stable, dignified housing.”

Georgia Fort: Holding Media Accountable
“It is about examining the media industry and saying, ‘How can we be better collectively? How can we stop being an industry that causes further harm to marginalized and oppressed communities?’”

Sue Purchase: Guerrilla Public Health Provider
Overdose deaths in the U.S. rose to over 93,000 in 2020 — up from 70,630 in 2019 — which was the largest amount ever recorded in a 12-month period.

Turtle Island Stories: The Sustainable Agriculture Movement
By doing this work, Harvest Nation assumes a receiving role within the large movement known as Rematriation, the returning of seeds to their mother land to be reunited with the earth and its people.


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.