Invitation to readers: If you were alive in 1955, share what different direction you might have taken with your life had the opportunity been there — or what you did do that was considered nontraditional. Send to editor@womenspress.com.

Nina Rothchild, feminist who worked for pay equity starting in the 1970s, died October 12 in St. Paul at age 91. Here is the full essay she wrote recently for our "35 Years of Minnesota Women" book.

“Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good,” by…

"Over three million women have served in our post-9/11 wars, and I felt there was ample room to contribute a story about a female warrior."