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The Community as Our School As a former member of the Minneapolis School Board and former executive director of AchieveMpls,

commentary of everyday women about building the future

“My vision of any future that we might have is that it will be led by women.”—Alice Walker

Only 50 years after women were given the right to vote, and four years after the U.S. Civil Rights Movement,

In this year of celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment, we honor those who have built platforms for women

It was on September 8, 1919, that the Minnesota legislature finally voted yes, after 72 years of work on the

The Last Living Letter Writer We invited writers to submit a projection of the future. Reader Beverly Anderson sent us

pulled from the archived pages of Minnesota Women’s Press 1973 Roe vs. Wade is decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Remembering the Minnesota doctor who led the fight for safe and legal abortions. “For me it’s always been a health issue,” Dr. Hodgson said. “We know how to do safe, simple abortions and how to prevent pregnancy. It’s morally wrong not to use it for the good of society.”

commentary of everyday women under 30 about how they experience subtle stigmas Quynh Van I have said this many times