
Sherrie Fernandez-Williams: Writing toward hope
How New Yorker Sherrie Fernandez-Williams found her voice - and herself - in Minnesota

A book lover’s dream job: Minnesota Public Radio’s Kerri Miller combines journalism and her love of reading
Kerri Miller (Photo Courtesy Minnesota Public Radio)
Minnesota…

Leveling the playing field in girls’ books
Shelly Boyum-Breen (Courtesy Photo)
I vividly remember the…

Nurse-turned-artist Emmy White
Bright with saturated, intense color, wavy lines, with an almost…

2014 Changemakers: Women’s Art Institute
How to Be a Feminist Artist, an art exhibit at St. Catherine University

How “good real food” builds community
Tracy Singleton and her daughter. (Courtesy Photo)
"Innumerable…

Enduring ecofeminist
According to all calculations, 2050 is when the environment will become practically unlivable, and our grandkids are going to be alive then. Unless we turn things around radically, they're facing cataclysm.

“Memory of Trees”
"Think about our impact on forests and take time to get to know the trees, even if it's just one tree in your yard."

‘In the Body of the World’
"Everything that was happening in my body with the cancer reminded me of the carelessness with which we treat the earth, treat life, treat bodies, treat ourselves - the dishonoring."

Feast on these
Glenda Martin is a co-founder of the Minnesota Women's Press.…

‘When Women Were Birds’ “I am my mother but I am not. I am my grandmother but I am not.”
Terry Tempest Williams (Courtesy Photo)
Terry Tempest Williams…

‘Beloved child’ When we heal ourselves, we can transform past harm and work for peace in our families and communities.
Diane Wilson (Photo by John Ratzloff)
Diane Wilson is a Minnesota…


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.