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2008 Changemaker: Margaret Anderson Kelliher

"We [women] tend to look at prevention as one of the most important lenses to see policy through."

Suzanne Koepplinger

"We can't move forward until we have more than anecdotal information. We've got to have the data."

2008 Changemaker: Ann Dwight Lewis

"I have become impatient with those who are intent on dominating organizations and isolating power."

2008 Changemaker: Infinity Project

"We're moving backward in the percentage of women judges appointed."

Native women lead

The women who lead Minnesota’s American Indian tribes are part of the ancient custom of female leadership in the Native Nations.

What did the Capitol do for women this year?

"Since women make up nearly three-quarters of the low-wage labor force, they were disproportionately affected by the governor's veto of the minimum wage increase. ... A single parent with one child would have to work more than 100 hours a week at minimum wage in order to meet basic needs." - Kris Jacobs, JOBS NOW Coalition

2007 Changemaker: Connie Perpich & Planned Parenthood

Reproductive justice: increasing low-income women's access to contraception

2007 Changemaker: Vednita Carter & Breaking Free

Working with police to hold johns accountable

2007 Changemaker: Sheila Wellstone Institute

The most important thing you can do is to make sure legislators and candidates will support sexual assault funding.

2007 Changemaker: Pakou Hang

"We will never win if we don't run. We have to try."

Birds & Bees

What are Minnesota’s public schools teaching about sex? The answer may surprise you.

Secret mothers

Pregnant and unwed pre-Roe v. Wade, many were forced to hide their pregnancies and surrender their babies