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Perspectives

Resiliency, Energy, and Hope in 2023: Editor’s Letter and TOC

“No matter what you do you are part of history. If you buy an orange or ride in a car or decide to have a baby, you are making history. Don’t tell yourself that it is not up to you to write the true history. Who is to write it if not you? You live it. You make it. You write it.” — Meridel Le Sueur

2023 Changemaker Hli Xyooj: Bridging the Hmong Community

“How do I empower myself by empowering my community?”

Minnesota Women Labor Journalists Uplifted Working People for Decades

I’m still learning about the writers I’ve mentioned here, many of whom are left out of the usual lists of pioneering journalists and women.

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Small towns, BIG opportunities

Women-owned businesses are flourishing in Ely and Owatonna

Adventurous entrepreneur

Luisa Fuentes-Tuel is an immigrant, mother and businesswoman who’s proud of her Peruvian roots

The constant gardener

Mimi Hottinger has come to terms with the abuse that shattered her childhood

Voices from the shadows

Mona Smith uses the spirit of ancient American Indian storytelling to tell “video poems”

Say it loud, say it proud, say “I do!”

Couples celebrate their love and commitment at Pride

Redefining family

Single women and lesbian couples who choose parenthood are transforming the donor insemination industry

Mothers of the church

United Methodists celebrate 50 years of women clergy

Transgendered among us

The struggle for acceptance challenges mainstream ideas of gender, identity and even feminism

Journey of the spirit

Local visionary seeks dignity for Native Americans in life and death

MWP’s all new online!

A new website launched August 2005

Schools to take next step toward inclusive curricula

"More than 15 years ago, the state issued guidelines for correcting racial and gender inequalities in school curricula." ... This was published in a Minnesota Women's Press story in August 1989. That means we have intended to correct this issue since 1974.

Ecofeminism

Ecofeminism offers a way to make connections between environmental issues, feminism, anti-militarism, and work against racism and for social justice. Some call it a philosophy, others find in it a spirituality, and most believe that it calls them to political action.