
2016 Changemaker: Barbara Battiste
Changemakers: Working with facts to make change for women…

2016 Changemaker: Nausheena Hussain
Nausheena Hussain has a quiet composure, sitting at the…

2016 Changemaker: Marva Lynn Shellenberger
Lego team coach brings the 'girl effect' to STEM competitions

2016 Changemakers: Maiv PAC
The first Hmong American women's political action committee in the United States

2016 Changemakers: Fair Play
Local group claims equitable space for women-trans-femme improvisers

2016 Changemakers: Gretchen Carlson & Abby Honold
Women speak up for themselves and for other women who have experienced sexual harassment or sexual assault

2016 Changemaker: Jessica Smith
An art exhibit at Regla de Oro gallery brings attention to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

2016 Changemakers: Guerilla Girls Takeover
The women-led project is called the largest arts collaboration ever in the Twin Cities

2016 Changemaker: Anne McKeig
Minnesota's first Native American Supreme Court Justice

2016 Changemakers: Minnesota Lynx
Role models on the basketball court and beyond

2015 Changemaker: Erica Gerrity and Isis Rising
Building a coalition to pass legislation to support pregnant women and new mothers in Minnesota prisons and jails

2015 Changemakers: Ginger Jentzen and advocates for fair wages
Individuals and organizations work together for political change


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