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Changing the Universe through Women’s Stories 26 contactus 651-646-3968 • Fax: 651-646-2186 email: [email protected] www.womenspress.com send a letter to the editor [email protected] subscribe [email protected] advertise [email protected] 25yearreflections suggest a story idea JoanANDERSONgroWe ...... 10 [email protected] Elect progressive women send a calendar listing suzanneKOEPPLINGER ...... 11 [email protected] features Join book activities Abuse must stop thinKABOUTit ...... 6 [email protected] Where she’s the boss gloriaLEWIS ...... 12 MWpstaff Women’s vision booKTALK ...... 15 publishers/editors A ritual for our daughters anitaC.hill ...... 16 Kathy Magnuson, Norma Smith Olson Called to church contributors Kendra Plant, Jennifer Thaney, tiMeLINE ...... 24 bonniePEACEWatKins ...... 17 Mary Kay Zobava Aretha, Xena, Janet Reno & more Equity steps cover artist Aimee Johnson proFILE ...... 26 sanDyHARRIS ...... 18 Design Norma Smith Olson Birthday girls—here they come again advertising sales Susan Feehan, Feminine workplace coluMnists Michele Holzwarth, Kathy Magnuson patriciaTOTOTZINTLE ...... 20 accounting Kathy Malchow WelcoMeWORDS ...... 4 Domestic violence still exists operations Faye Kommedahl, Kari Larson Changing the universe—we mean it KarenDIVER...... 21 founding publishers Mollie Hoben, founDers’THOUGHTS ...... 8 Native women lead Glenda Martin Every woman has a story rosalieMAGGIO ...... 22 Our mission is to tell women’s stories in booKSHELF ...... 14 ways that create community and encourage Nonsexist words The reading biz change. aMyBRENENGEN...... 28 Advertising is accepted at the discretion goseeDo More leaders needed of the publisher. Acceptance does not neces- coverARTIST ...... 9 gloriaCONTRERASeDin ...... 29 sarily imply endorsement. Views expressed are those of the writers or artists and do not A scary and rewarding choice Violence Against Women Act necessarily refl ect The Minnesota Women’s eventsCALENDAR ...... 38 sarahSTOESZ ...... 32 Press policy or editorial stance. “Tree Spirited Woman” ... and more Women’s health matters The Minnesota Women’s Press is distrib- uted free at more than 550 locations. To fi nd reaDers’Write shannonDRURY ...... 34 one near you, visit www.womenspress.com youSAID ...... 5 Home work and click “get a copy” or call 651-646-3968. Letters from our readers KaboYANG ...... 35 Subscriptions are available by First Class Who’s the boss? mail: $52 for one-year Fan Community yourTHOUGHTS ...... 33 & 40 membership (includes email updates, invi- Defi ne ladylike ... and more pegLONNQUIST ...... 36 tation to community gathering, free copy of We’re getting closer BookWomen magazine); $28 for a basic one- aDvertisingsections sharonSAYLESbelton ...... 37 year subscription, $53 for two years. girlsGO Reach out to all women Printed on recycled paper at ECM, greenGUIDE ...... 30 a certifi ed green printer. Please recycle. nancyGRUVER ...... 41 classifieD ©2010 by Minnesota Women’s Press Inc. ADS ...... 43 Girl progress All rights reserved. ISSN #1085-2603. MINNESOTA WOMEN’S PRESS INC., JoanDRURY ...... 42 771 RAYMOND AVE., ST. PAUL, MN 55114 Write, seriously
4 Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 WelcoMeWorDs yousaiD norMasMitholson happy birthday MWp! then and now KathyMagnuson Anita Hill had not testified against Clarence Thomas, neither Minneapolis nor St. Paul had had a woman mayor, Ann Bancroft had not been to the North or South Poles and the TV shows “Cagney & Lacey” Marital spat with a weapon? and “Roseanne” had not aired 25 years ago when the Minnesota Women’s Press was founded. Much has changed and much has stayed the same. We celebrate the positive changes for women and men and yet we are faced with tough questions, questions like: • What does it tell us about our culture that the reason The mission of most women come to a homeless shelter is domestic violence? the Minnesota • Why do so many people not know that every day in Minnesota 8,000-10,000 women and girls are trafficked coming up: Women’s Press is value all women and that the average age for entry into prostitution in the to tell women’s In May we tell all: U.S. is 12? What Women Want—MWP’s stories in ways • Why when we stand in the checkout line at the grocery annual readers’ survey of your that build store do so many magazine headlines still scream out to favorite things, places and women to lose weight, look younger, get your guy and bake people. And we’re asking you: community and the perfect chocolate cake? What DO women want? encourage change. When we use the tagline Changing the Universe Through Send a paragraph or two to We look forward Women’s Stories on our cover each issue, we mean it. When [email protected] women’s voices are heard and valued it is a powerful mes- Deadline: April 10 to the next 25 sage. Our voices and stories do change the universe. And May Advertising Guides: those stories are needed now more than ever. years of hearing • Consignment & Thrift superb! When we really hear each others’ stories we understand • Girlfriends’ Guide to NE Mpls and telling your each other a little bit more, we see the world in different Advertising deadline: April 10 stories. The ones ways and sometimes we change our thinking. When we are willing to share our stories we are reminded of who we are [email protected] that move us to and who we want to be. If we can laugh and cry together it In June we’ll be writing about tears, surprise is more difficult to criticize or hate each other. Story con- nects us to ourselves and to each other. When I hear your changes in thinking. Tell us us and call us to story it helps me to understand my own. about an experience that action. The ones In this special 25th anniversary issue, Minnesota Women’s changed your thinking. Press Co-Founders Mollie Hoben and Glenda Martin share Send a paragraph or two to that teach us stories of how the Women’s Press began (see page 8) and [email protected] something new how their love of women’s words grew into BookWomen Deadline: May 10 magazine and multiple book groups (see page 14). June advertising guides: or remind us of But most of the stories in this issue are not about us. They are voices from the women’s community and world that • Pride Guide something we • Women Going Places Guide share reflections on the past and hopes for the future, voices Women’s peace movement already knew deep that share excitement, determination and visions for the next Advertising deadline: May 10 inside of us. 25 years in the lives of women and girls and what it will take for those visions to be reality. Minnesota Women’s Press is about stories. Your stories. The ones you loan us and share with our readers. Profiles of the interesting women next door and around the world, personal essays, the story ideas you send our way. We are honored to be the conveyers of your stories. Thank you for Editor’s Note: See more readers’ thoughts your part in our past and our future. on pages 33 and 40. and Co-Publishers Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 5 WelcoMeWorDs yousaiD Congratulations Grand Ave. MWP on your Veterinary Center happy birthday MWp! 25th anniversary! Competent, Compassionate Care When I think about the MWP and 25 years ago, I have wonderful memories of grit, determination, creativity, trust Thanks for being a voice and friendship. I send you my admiration for a history of for women’s stories. pioneering on behalf of women and in the media. —Your friends from the Carol Pine, St. Paul Marital spat with a weapon? This is so true [OnYourMind, MWP, 3/2010]. I spent years Center for Emerging Leadership as a prosecutor trying to convince police officers to stop 1140 Grand Ave., St. Paul describing domestic violence assaults as “family fights” in www.womensleadership their narrative reports—in part for the reasons explained in community.org 651-224-3038 your wonderful article, but also because of the tenor it cre- ated at trial when the authoring officer was cross-examined on the witness stand. But it still goes on all the time. gotanopinion? Thomas Alongi, Phoenix, Ariz. Write to editor@womens the harmony of value all women press.com or send to life within us. Mary Daly attacked patriarchy, 771 Raymond Ave., but she also attacked—viciously St. Paul, MN 55114. and in libelous terms—other Include your name, women, particularly transsex- address and phone ual women. 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6 Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 thinKaboutit thinKaboutitMORE Where she’s “If you have a ponytail, let it go out the the boss back of your helmet so people can see you’re •Finland13% a woman. •Norway12% ” •Turkey12% —marina Kielpinski, the instructor of u.S. women marines preparing for intelligence-gathering missions in Afghanistan •Italy11% •Brazil11% Source: www.nytimes.com Theaverageis5%. •andtheUSA? Women get the goods Women peacekeepers Women and hiv lessthan1% Forty women in the U.S. Marines are The United Nations is intensifying efforts March 10 was National being trained at Camp Pendleton, Calif., to recruit women for peacekeeping mis- Women and Girls HIV/AIDS From a survey to work as members of the fi rst “female sions. The theory is that women employ Awareness Day. Events across of 600 countries engagement teams” in Afghanistan. These distinctive social skills in a rugged macho the country highlighted how by the World units will accompany men on patrols to try domain. They are being counted on to bring this domestic epidemic is Economic Forum to win over rural Afghan women who are calm to the streets and the barracks, acting affecting women, especially Source: off-limits to outside men. They will meet as public servants instead of invaders. minorities. AIDS is the lead- www.weforum.org with Afghan women in their homes, assess “When female soldiers are present, ing cause of death for black their need for aid and gather intelligence. A the situation is closer to real life, and as women ages 24 to 35 in the team is to arrive in a village, seek permis- a result the men tend to behave,” said united States. sion from the male elder to speak with the Gerard J. DeGroot, a history professor at The Minnesota Department women, settle into a compound, hand out the University of St. Andrews in Scotland of Health reported that school supplies and medicine, drink tea, who has written books about women in the make conversation and, ideally, get infor- military. while the number of new HIV mation about the village, local grievances cases in women in Minnesota and the Taliban. Rural Afghan women, who “Anyconflictwhereyouhave decreased slightly, women of meet at wells and pass news about the vil- an all-male army, it’s like a color were overrepresented, lage, often share information about power accounting for 74 percent brokers and militants—crucial informa- holiday from reality. If you of all new cases. African- tion the U.S. military wants to know. The American women made up women Marines are to ask what is the most injectwomenintothatsitua- 27 percent and African-born diffi cult problem facing the village. The tion,theydohaveacivilizing women tallied 30 percent of answers will go into a database to guide the all 2009 cases. military and aid workers. effect,”DeGrootsaid. Sources: www.whitehouse.gov; Source: www.twincities.com Source: www.nytimes.com www.minnpost.com
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www.RTRybak.com Paid for by R.T. Rybak for Governor Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 7 thinKaboutit thinKaboutitMORE Where she’s Minnesota’s boardrooms black women the boss Results from the second annual in the movies Countries with Minnesota census of women in the state’s How does highest number of largest 100 public companies have been Hollywood view women CEOs. released. It was found that 19 of the state’s black women? It •Finland13% top 100 companies by revenue had no rewards stereo- •Norway12% women on their boards or among their top types. executives. •Turkey12% The subject has —marina Kielpinski, the instructor of u.S. women marines Forty-one of the companies had only one been discussed preparing for intelligence-gathering missions in Afghanistan •Italy11% woman on their boards. “I wondered if hav- Actor Hattie McDaniel received an award for again this year •Brazil11% ing one there makes them no longer be con- her role in “Gone With the Wind.” Source: www.nytimes.com after Mo’nique Theaverageis5%. cerned about the need for gender diversity,” won “best supporting actress” for playing Mary Jones, the •andtheUSA? said Joann Bangs, assistant professor of eco- “welfare-queen” mother of Precious. Mo’nique joins these lessthan1% nomics at St. Catherine University and one Women and hiv (the report of the co-authors of the report. “Research other black women Oscar recipients: Halle Berry (poor, March 10 was National actually said 0%) shows it takes three women on a board struggling wife of an executed murderer), Hattie McDaniel (maid), Whoopi Goldberg (medium) and Jennifer Hudson Women and Girls HIV/AIDS From a survey before they are heard as individuals instead (singer). Awareness Day. Events across of 600 countries of someone speaking for their gender. When the country highlighted how by the World you have more, women make sure other National Newspaper Publishers Association columnist this domestic epidemic is Economic Forum women are heard, so the voice gets stronger Julianne Malveaux said, “When African-American wom- for each of the women in the room,” Bangs en’s characters in fi lm are more refl ective of our reality, affecting women, especially Source: said. The report’s other producer was the and when these characters’ performances are lifted up by minorities. AIDS is the lead- www.weforum.org Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable. The Academy, then we will have come a long way, baby. ing cause of death for black The census cutoff was June 30, 2009. Until then, Mo’nique’s victory is her laudable personal women ages 24 to 35 in the Source: www.stkate.edu/mn_census; success. It is a black community setback.” united States. www.twincities.com Source: http://insightnews.com The Minnesota Department of Health reported that while the number of new HIV cases in women in Minnesota decreased slightly, women of color were overrepresented, 25 Congratulations accounting for 74 percent Congratulations MWP of all new cases. African- and thank you for American women made up Years! 25 years of providing 27 percent and African-born information and on your women tallied 30 percent of Congratulations to support for women all 2009 cases. the Minnesota Women’s Press — across Minnesota! Sources: www.whitehouse.gov; Endorsed by womenwinning, 25 years of www.minnpost.com helping to educate, inform, and inspire EMILY’s List and women our community. all over the state. Join my campaign for governor at outstanding www.margaretforgovernor.com leadership!
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CoverIllustrative artist Aimee Johnson boldly risktaker challenges herself still excited and proud If on April 15, 1985—the day the first issue of the Minnesota Women’s Press hit the streets— you had asked us how we felt, we might have said: excited, proud and not a little overwhelmed. Our group of seven dedicated “founding mothers” The world has changed since 1985, and longtime had spent an arduous year of planning, during which readers know that the Women’s Press has changed, we were told by many that what we dreamed of doing too. Over the years, each of our talented editors has couldn’t be done. Being too inexperienced—or too made her own mark on the publication. In response —Norma Smith Olson wise?—to believe them, we had kept moving ahead. to shifts in how people get their news and informa- Now we were committed: We were publishers of a tion, we’ve evolved from reporting news to sharing ffi: View Johnson’s artwork and blog at biweekly women’s newspaper, with a circulation of the stories that underlie the news. Our readership www.aimeehagertyjohnson.com 40,000. Mollie was hoping we’d get through the first has broadened as the Internet makes us available to year; Glenda said we had to last at least a decade to readers around the world. make a difference. What hasn’t changed is the excitement and energy But to reach a quarter cen- everyone at Minnesota Women’s Press feels about tury? It was beyond imagin- telling the stories of Minnesota women—the extraor- Here we are, in 2010, ing. dinary “ordinary” women who, in their own lives still going strong, still Yet, here we are, in 2010, and in the public sphere, work to right wrongs, still going strong, still driven improve lives, create beauty, honor women. driven by our mission: by our mission: To honor Through it all, we wouldn’t be where we are To honor women’s women’s words and to tell today without invaluable help from our friends: women’s stories, in ways the many women over the years who have invested words and to tell wom- that create community and their enthusiasm, talents and time in helping shape en’s stories, in ways encourage change. and grow this venture; the brave souls who early It had all begun with a on became shareholders in this risky enterprise; the that create community question: What would news advertisers who valued our readers. and encourage change. look like through women’s For ourselves personally, pursuing this dream eyes? Proclaiming, “A wom- together has been a greater blessing than we could an’s place is in the news,” have imagined 25 years ago. We’ve met, written the newspaper was our answer. We wanted not only about and worked with many amazing women. to put women in the news, but also to redefine news We’ve explored and learned, stretched and grown. itself, based on our conviction that “Every woman Most of all, we’ve had the satisfaction of creating has a story,” and on that essential feminist truth, something new and making a difference. “The personal is political.” We were beneficiaries of the exciting, audacious women’s movement, and we believed deeply—as we do today—that women’s voices must be heard and listened to if we are to create a more just and peaceful world for all. Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 9 founDers’thoughts coverartist glenDaMartin&Molliehoben
CoverIllustrative artist Aimee Johnson boldly risktaker challenges herself Aimee Johnson took the big, scary leap to follow her inventive kids are. heart and became an art student. I remember the “Before I studied illustration, I got to live all over the crazy imagination place. I had all sorts of professional jobs, and not-so- I had when I was a professional jobs,” Johnson said of her circuitous path kid. I try to capture to becoming an illustrator. With her graduate degree that.” Her illustra- in English, “I was a teacher, I’ve managed a women’s tions often have a shelter, I was a receptionist, all kinds of different things. playful style and Minnesota Women’s Press co-founders, Mollie Hoben and I sort of did everything except focus on art.” color palette. Glenda Martin, based on a 1985 photo. Art has always been a part of Johnson’s life, but she “Deciding to go drew and painted in her off-the-clock time, at the end of for it, as an illustrator, was a big decision,” a workday or on the weekends. Raised in Ohio, school Johnson said. Returning to school has been and work brought her to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin “a great and rewarding choice, as well as and Washington. At age 30, she moved to Minnesota a scary choice. I would say that if there’s to study illustration at the Minneapolis College of Art something that you feel you were put on and Design and will graduate in August, looking for- this planet to do, you can be afraid, but I ward to a career as a freelance illustrator. think you should still do it.” Johnson works with stories and folk tales. Her chil- —Norma Smith Olson dren’s illustrations are often dreamlike and fanciful. She explores what’s real and what’s supernatural, ffi: View Johnson’s artwork and blog at Aimee Johnson working with scenes from her own imagination. “[My www.aimeehagertyjohnson.com
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“We cater to cowards.” 10 Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 25yearreflections 25yearreflections Joan suzanne anDerson elect progressive women Koepplinger groWe This is what a senator looks like Congratulations to the Minnesota Women’s Glass ceilings remain today because of institu- Press on your first 25 years. tional sexism. These ceilings will yield when news Something that was only a wish 25 years ago folks on a Morning “Joe” TV program speak up to was the election of women to the U.S. Senate from challenge the sexist assertions of a Peggy Noonan, Minnesota. In 2006, Amy Klobuchar made my former advisor to George W. Bush. In January, the wish come true. day before the recent special election for Senate My hope for the future is that we will reach a in Massachusetts, Noonan said that a big part of point where men and women are treated equally State Attorney General Martha Coakley’s defeat and, that after the success of a President Amy in the race would be because her opponent, Scott Klobuchar administration, it will no longer be a Brown, “looked” like a senator. The Ms. Noonans disadvantage to be a woman. For that to happen of the world need only look in a mirror to see We must focus my hope for the we need to elect progressive women at every level what a senator can look like. on changing laws of government. future is ... Joan Anderson Growe served in the Minnesota and challenging I was reflecting on my 1984 U.S. Senate cam- State House of Representatives from 1973 to 1975. that after the the mistaken paign in which I became the first woman in She then served as Minnesota Secretary of State success of a Minnesota DFL history to win endorsement for from 1975 until she retired from public office in social norm that President Amy U.S. Senate and the first woman of any party to 1999. Today, Growe is an advisory committee prostitution is a Klobuchar win a Minnesota Senate primary. I lost to incum- member for the Humphrey Institute at the lifestyle choice administration, bent Rudy Boschwitz, who ended the campaign University of Minnesota. or a victimless it will no longer be using a “you’ve gone too far, Mrs. Growe” crime. a disadvantage to ad—echoing the “Coya come home” slur used in be a woman. the 1950s to defeat Minnesota’s first woman U.S. Representative, Coya Knutson.
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Congratulations to this year’s finalists and winners! Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 11 25yearreflections 25yearreflections suzanne elect progressive women Koepplinger abuse must stop This is what a senator looks like No one deserves violent abuse Twenty-five years ago I married. It was to be sexual victimization of Native women, MIWRC a violently abusive marriage, one I was lucky to was recently able to conduct groundbreaking survive. The fact that I did survive is largely due research analyzing the scope of sex trafficking of to social-service providers who offered advocacy Native women and children on community, state and shelter for battered women. In 1985, there and federal levels. were few resources available for women being It is our hope that in the next 25 years we can abused. Since then, a combination of legislative make the same headway in the area of sex traf- action, targeted social messaging and women will- ficking that we have seen in the domestic vio- ing to speak up about the abuse have transformed lence movement. We know that systemic gender what was once considered a private family issue violence takes many forms, including trafficking We must focus into what is now acknowledged as a deep social the most vulnerable in our communities into on changing laws problem that demands everyone’s energy and prostitution. To realize this change, we must focus and challenging commitment to eradicate. In the past quarter on changing laws and challenging the mistaken the mistaken century, the domestic violence movement has social norm that prostitution is a lifestyle choice or made huge strides. The social norm has shifted a victimless crime. Once we fully understand that social norm that to embrace the fact that no one deserves to be prostitution is a form of violence against women prostitution is a abused, and there are consequences for abusers. and children, just as domestic violence is, we will lifestyle choice It’s a start. begin to see the end of this egregious human- or a victimless Twenty-five years ago, the Minnesota Indian rights violation. crime. Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) also opened Suzanne Koepplinger is the executive director of its doors to address the gender and cultural needs the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center in of American Indian women and their families. Minneapolis. www.miwrc.org Observing the widespread and heartbreaking admission $1 You can provide hope Working to Make a World’s Largest and help to a struggling Better Textile Garage Sale Mom & her family! 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It was a woman or girl in some of the most incredible and historic that “pushed” them out front and is holding movements in this country: the civil rights down the fort. movement, the women’s rights movement, the My vision is that we as women will continue children’s rights movement and the evolution to believe in ourselves and pass our strength of what was called the Hip Hop Nation. and wisdom on to daughters, nieces, sisters I participated in too many “movements.” and other women and girls. The vision will My generation wanted it all. We wished for it, change as the seasons do, but the realization Do not be fooled fought for it, worked for it and we got it: the of that vision is in what we see in the past and because you see corporate job, motherhood, “jobs that men only present, and will inform the future. the boy or man have,” decision-making roles in government; Gloria Lewis is the president and CEO of Big in front. It was that black women, Hispanic and white women Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities. a woman or girl stand shoulder to shoulder in the workplace www.bbbs.org that “pushed” and the boardroom. And with all of this we could and would change the world. And we Editor’s Note: Refl ections of 25 years of them out front did. women’s progress are continued throughout and is holding My vision remains the same as it was 25 or this April issue. Read on! down the fort. more years ago. Women and girls will continue
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Liz Johnson 612-819-9898, ejohnson@ eWhiteHouseProject.org Nevada Littlewolf 218-750-0389, nlittlewolf@ eWhiteHouseProject.org Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 13 25yearreflections Women’s vision We changed the world 14 Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 booKshelf glenDa the reading biz Martin One thing leads to another when you’re reading great books by women Minnesota Women’s Press was founded in 1985 to honor women’s words. So it was natural that early on we would begin offering book groups at the Press, where women gathered to discuss women’s writing as well as share their own stories. They continue to do so today, a quarter-century later. booKshelf: When we first began the groups, New Mexico, California, Maine and many were puzzled by our focus more. We explore the land, meet the Glenda Martin recommends these books on women’s writing. But over the people, visit the bookstores, meet from the past 25 years of MWP book groups: years, participants have embraced the authors—experiences beyond FICTIoN the wonder of books by women, as our greatest imagination. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett they recognize their own woman- What about sharing the best books Beloved, Toni Morrison knowing. women were reading from all our The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison Some readers have even begun gatherings? Yes, we decided, let’s The Bone People, Keri Hulme to write their own stories, sharing publish a list. “The Great Books— Cactus Thorn: A Novella, Mary Austin thoughts about reading in their because women say so!,” now in its lives. Since 1996 we’ve published third edition. More than 400 books The Cape Ann, Faith Sullivan their words in our bimonthly mag- have been chosen as “great” by Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko azine, BookWomen: A Readers’ readers over the years. The Color Purple, Alice Walker Community for Those Who Love These are books that have most Death Comes for the Archbishop, Women’s Words, which connects intrigued, fascinated and chal- Willa Cather readers across the U.S., Canada and lenged readers, that elicited stron- The Dollmaker, Harriette Arnow Great Britain. gest response and discussion. Books The Gate to Women’s Country, Sheri chosen by more than one group Tepper become the “greatest.” The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood In celebration of the years In celebration of the years and and the hundreds of women the hundreds of women who have Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson Love medicine, Louise Erdrich who have joined with us to joined with us to honor women’s words, we’ve chosen 25 of the The mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley honor women’s words, we’ve “greatest” books to intrigue you. Do The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver chosen 25 of the “greatest” read them, have your book group The Telling, Ursula Le Guin read them for challenging discus- books to intrigue you. sion. We’d welcome your thoughts. NoNFICTIoN Ah, the joys of books, reading A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life The once-a-month book-group women’s words, connecting with of War, Susan Griffin meetings set the stage for our women worldwide. It’s been a great Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Reading Retreats, intense three-day adventure. Living World, Linda Hogan sessions away from daily activities, Glenda martin is a co-founder of Gyn/Ecology: The metaethics of Radical in which readers engage in further the Minnesota Women’s Press. Feminism, Mary Daly and deeper exploration of wom- [email protected] Journal of a Solitude, May Sarton en’s writing. Retreats have drawn Refuge: An unnatural History of Family & women from around the country. Place, Terry Tempest Williams Our next step in honoring wom- What’s on your bookshelf? Silences, Tillie Olsen en’s words was to plan week-long Send us 450 words about your The Spirit Catches You & You Fall Down, travels around the U.S. and across booklife, plus your list of five Anne Fadiman the oceans. In Book Groups on the related books by women authors. Woman & Nature: The Roaring Inside Her, Road we read words of women [email protected] writers in places as far flung as Susan Griffin Iceland, New Zealand and Great Britain, as well as closer to home in Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 15 booKshelf booKtalK Elizabeth Dunn’s book group ally be profoundly cruel, vindic- Q. What questions lead to deeper has been meeting monthly for tive and scarring; how we can discussions? 25 years since some of the mem- survive even the worst things A. In our discussions we talk bers were students together at that happen to us and the power about the whys—why did a Macalester College. It’s a casual, that place has over so many of us. character do x and not y or why low-key group. A place can cast a spell over us did the author make the choices Q. What books have you recently that does not let go. she or he made? Some of the best read? Q. What book would you recom- discussions involve our differ- A. “A Far Cry from Kensington” mend? Why? ent takes on the correctness or by Muriel Spark, “The Wordy A. We all enjoyed tremendously morality of choices the characters “The Saffron Shipmates” by Sarah Vowell, and would recommend “The have made. Kitchen” by and “Delta Wedding” by Eudora Latehomecomer” by Kao Kalia Q. What traditions does your Yasmin Crowther Welty. Yang. This young Minnesota book group have? sparked a great Q. What book sparked a great author has a distinctive voice! A. When a group member’s discussion for discussion? Why? She writes about the power of daughter reached menses we booKshelf: Elizabeth Dunn’s A. “The Saffron Kitchen” by family love and support to carry wanted to honor her with joy. book group. Yasmin Crowther because of one through incredible hardship We’d read about the fact that and change. She writes about the What would your Maryam’s “stuck” status. Born in unlike some cultures, our cul- FICTIoN resilience of the human spirit, book group Iran, Maryam lives in England. ture has no ritual or celebration Bel Canto, Ann Patchett the hidden strengths and stories recommend? She was never fully at home in in honor of this change. As each Beloved, Toni Morrison England, never embraced life behind the eyes of the old, the girl had her fi rst period, she was The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison Tell us about your with her British husband. She poor and the immigrant. 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rosalie Maggio nonsexist words Progress is real, but there’s still work to do In 1985, while editing law and college texts for So things do change. But, as Pearl Buck once West Publishing in St. Paul, part of my assign- wrote, “All birth is unwilling.” Enormous resis- ment was the vague request to “clean up” the tance met the rational argument that language manuscripts—that is, replace sexist language should be accurate. Radio show hosts used to with language that was not only inclusive and incite anti-woman fear and loathing by predict- respectful, but elegant, standard English as well. ing we’d soon have to deal with “personhole” I’ll just say that had you been visiting from covers. In an intellectually dishonest moment, Mars at that time you might not have known William Safire said that next “personpersons” women existed. would be delivering the mail. And he was What puzzled me was that women had serious. He once wrote that we “have foolishly If we know already identified and solved the language abandoned the idea that, in language, the male anything, it’s problem—brilliantly, beautifully and definitively. embraces the female.” In other words, that the that we must Casey Miller and Kate Swift in “The Handbook word “he” embraces “she,” “him” includes never forget, of Nonsexist Writing,” first among others, had “her,” “his” also means “hers.” Doesn’t everyone never let go proven quite clearly that language that did not know that? include women was not only inaccurate, but This was despite studies that had shown, for and never harmful and misleading to all of us, women and example, that kindergartners asked to draw a stop writing men. It was not, in the end, good language. picture of a fireman, a policeman and a mailman to object to I tried to publish “The Nonsexist Word drew precisely that—men. People, bunny rabbits language that Finder”—a thesaurus-like book that suggested and other children were primarily “he” for most leaves us out alternatives for sexist words and phrases. My children. The world was indubitably male if you of the picture. thinking was that perhaps we hadn’t made it used our language, which most of us did. We still have easy enough for people. With this handy quick- Does our language treat people fairly today? work to do. reference they could find other good choices for Yes, in many ways, the situation is a great deal “mankind,” “manpower,” “chairman” and so better. You rarely see “he” used to embrace “she.” on. Among the 65 publishers’ rejections was one What’s wonderful about the changes in our that said I didn’t really have a book. What I had, language is that it has been made from the bot- Rosalie maggio is they said, was an appendix. The subject was not tom up, one individual by one individual. the author of 19 thought important. It’s true that big organizations have put their books and a regular After the book was published in 1987, it stamp on this movement toward respect and contributor to was considered for an award by the American inclusiveness. But it has mainly been small Minnesota Women’s Library Association (ALA). A friend who was groups and individuals who’ve pushed here and Press’ BookWomen at that meeting said the book was dismissed there to get us where we are today. magazine. www. because it was “too quirky.” Five years later, the Although much still needs to be done, I think rosaliemaggio.com ALA named its successor (“The Bias-Free Word the biggest victories have been achieved: No one Finder”) an “Outstanding Reference Source.” tries to argue anymore that language doesn’t
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25yearreflections matter, especially with respect to women’s place in it. Oh, people disagree, but nonsexist words they’re very quiet about it. $FMFCSBUJOH “Mankind” and others of its Progress is real, but there’s still work to do ilk appear only rarely these days. Textbook guidelines insist on inclusive language. 4JODF Ways of dealing with the pseudogeneric “he” are used daily everywhere. Almost all publications use “Ms.” instead of “Miss” or “Mrs.” These were all huge battles at the time. Like those of us who are alert to this sort of thing, I fi nd myself often thumping a chair cushion and saying, “What century are THEY living in?” So, yes, I see many examples I’d like to red- pencil, but stepping back and looking at the big picture, I’m hopeful. Maybe I have low expectations, but I think my early eagerness to have Casey and Miller’s words taken up immediately has been replaced by a little patience. So it took a little time. But we’re in a different place. A caveat: Remember our history. How many women’s victories shone and glittered only to be obliterated decades later? If we know anything, it’s that we must never forget, never let go and never stop writing to object to language that leaves us out of the picture. We still have work to do. ©2010 Bachman’s Inc.
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1985 Joanne Smith and Roberta Levy become 1993 1996 Voters in Bahrain approve a referendum Women 18 and older are allowed by the the first women chief judges of Hennepin that includes the right of women to stand FDA to purchase Plan B emergency con- Family and medical Leave Act becomes Minnesotan Winona minnesota and Ramsey County District Courts. for office. traception without a prescription. Women’s law. LaDuke runs for U.S. vice- Irene Zubaida Khan becomes secretary 1990 Ruth Bader Ginsburg appointed to U.S. president on Green Party 2007 Press is general of Amnesty International—the Supreme Court joining Sandra Day ticket. launched. Dr. Antonia Novello is the first woman first woman, first Asian woman and first California Congresswoman Nancy o’Connor, the first woman Supreme Court The u.S. Supreme Court surgeon general of the United States. Muslim to guide the world’s largest human Pelosi becomes the first woman to justice. determines state-sup- serve as speaker of the U.S. House of EmILY’s List (Early Money is Like Yeast) Sharon Pratt Dixon, Washington, D.C., is rights organization. Janet Reno becomes the first woman ported military colleges Representatives. is created to fund political campaigns for the first black woman mayor of a major attorney general of the United States. cannot exclude women. 2002 pro-choice, pro-ERA Democratic women U.S. city. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir candidates. Rev. Susan Peterson is installed as senior Ms. Foundation launches Take our 1997 Caroline Hamilton and Ann Daniels reach Bhutto is assassinated shortly after her Daughters to Work Day; 1 million girls the North Pole, becoming the first all- return to Pakistan, following eight years The Equal Employment opportunity pastor of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Sarah mcLachlan creates Lilith Fair, a participate. female team to trek to both poles. They of self-imposed exile. Commission declares that unequal pay St. Paul, the first woman to head a major music festival featuring women musicians. Lutheran congregation in the U.S. trekked to the South Pole in January Harvard University names Drew Gilpin for similar jobs does not constitute sex Sharon Sayles Belton elected as The marble statue of suffragist leaders 2000. Faust its first woman president in the discrimination. 1991 Minneapolis’ first woman and first African- Lucretia mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton school’s 371-year history. American mayor. and Susan B. Anthony is moved out of 2003 “Cagney & Lacey” wins the Emmy for Anita Hill testifies at Clarence Thomas Minnesotan Arvonne Fraser chosen the basement and installed in the U.S. Best Dramatic Series. confirmation hearings. A Nigerian appeals court overturns a sen- 2008 to represent U.S. women at the United Capitol Rotunda. tence of death by stoning in the adultery 1986 Navy pilot Lt. Paula Coughlin’s sexual Gen. Ann Dunwoody becomes the first Nations. madeleine Albright is case of Amina Lawal. harassment complaint leads to revelation woman to serve as a four-star general in The u.S. Supreme Court rules unani- The united Nations World Conference on named the first woman of Tailhook scandal. In support of reproductive rights, the the United States. mously that sexual harassment consti- Human Rights names violence against secretary of state and the march for Women’s Lives nonviolent dem- Hillary Rodham Clinton tutes illegal job discrimination. 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Kenyan environmental win a presidential primary majority. activist Wangari maathai Barbara mikulski (Md.) wins Senate seat, first woman to reach both Kathleen Blatz is named first female chief contest. is awarded the Nobel Prize joining Nancy Kassebaum (Kan.) as the DFL Rep. Dee Long is the first woman in Poles by land. justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. for Peace, becoming the 2009 second woman in the U.S. Senate. Minnesota history to be elected Speaker 1994 of the House. 1998 first black African woman President Obama signs the Lily Ledbetter “Roseanne” is TV’s first working-class Female condom approved for use in U.S. to win a Nobel Prize. Fair Pay Restoration Act allowing victims feminist hit show. Eveleth Mines settles out of court with Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush reveal Lois Jenson and 14 other women who 2005 of pay discrimination to file a complaint 1987 they are pro choice—after leaving the sued for sexual harassment. with the government. The movie “North Country” is released, White House. Aretha Franklin is the 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade Supreme inspired by the class-action case of Sonia Sotomayor is sworn first woman inducted Violence Against Women Act becomes Court decision legalizing abortion. Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Company. in as the first Hispanic and into the Rock ‘n’ Roll law. third female Supreme Court 1999 Charlize Theron plays the role of Lois Hall of Fame. Former U.S. Navy Lt. Paula Coughlin wins Jenson. justice. “Thelma and Louise” is the first female The Supreme Court upholds a California $6.7 million in damages from the Las Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura announces Farheen Hakeem, a outlaw/buddy road film. in Playboy magazine that he would like to Kuwaiti women are granted the right to law requiring employers to give women Vegas Hilton for its role in Talihook. vote (effective 2007). community organizer disability leave for pregnancy and child- 1992 be reincarnated as a 38DD bra. in Minneapolis, is elected Minnesota State High School League is Condoleezza Rice becomes the first birth and guarantee reinstatement of Minneapolis-based Amazon Bookstore, one of four co-chairs of the national march for Women’s Lives demonstration nation’s first to approve girls’ ice hockey. African-American female secretary of their jobs. the nation’s oldest feminist bookstore, Green Party. in Washington, D.C,. is the largest march 1995 sues Amazon.com for trademark infringe- state. ever held at the Capitol—750,000 demon- 2010 1988 ment. strate for reproductive freedom. Planned Parenthood files the first class- 2006 The minnesota Women’s Building opens mWP celebrates action suit to protect abortion providers 2000 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is at 550 Rice St. in St. Paul. Four women elected to the u.S. Senate, from violence. 25 years of for a total of six. Prior to the election, Sirimavo R.D. Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, inaugurated as Liberia’s Ru486, the abortion pill, is marketed in united Nations Fourth World Conference sharing women’s Pres. George Bush states, “This is sup- the world’s first female prime minister, first woman president. France but blocked in the U.S. on Women is held in posed to be the Year of the Woman in the retires. michelle Bachelet is sworn stories as an 1989 Senate. I hope a lot of them lose.” Beijing. 200 Minnesota in as Chile’s first woman independent, women attend. 2001 president. Capt. Linda Bray is first woman Army offi- Feminist books “Backlash,” by Susan woman-owned Susan molinari is the first cer to lead troops into combat, in Panama. Faludi, and “Revolution from Within,” by Hillary Rodham Clinton is sworn in as a Angela merkel, leader of the Christian publication. congresswoman to wear U.S. senator from New York, becoming the Democratic Union, becomes Germany’s 1,200 minnesota women go to Washing- Gloria Steinem, top the best-seller lists slacks on the House floor. first former first lady to win elected office. first woman chancellor. ton, D.C., for March for Reproductive for more than 30 weeks. “Xena: Warrior Princess” Timeline compiled by Mary Kay Zobava Freedom. debuts. See expanded timeline online at www.womenspress.com and Kendra Plant Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 25 tiMeline:25years
1985 Joanne Smith and Roberta Levy become 1993 1996 Voters in Bahrain approve a referendum Women 18 and older are allowed by the the first women chief judges of Hennepin that includes the right of women to stand FDA to purchase Plan B emergency con- Family and medical Leave Act becomes Minnesotan Winona minnesota and Ramsey County District Courts. for office. traception without a prescription. Women’s law. LaDuke runs for U.S. vice- Irene Zubaida Khan becomes secretary 1990 Ruth Bader Ginsburg appointed to U.S. president on Green Party 2007 Press is general of Amnesty International—the Supreme Court joining Sandra Day ticket. launched. Dr. Antonia Novello is the first woman first woman, first Asian woman and first California Congresswoman Nancy o’Connor, the first woman Supreme Court The u.S. Supreme Court surgeon general of the United States. Muslim to guide the world’s largest human Pelosi becomes the first woman to justice. determines state-sup- serve as speaker of the U.S. House of EmILY’s List (Early Money is Like Yeast) Sharon Pratt Dixon, Washington, D.C., is rights organization. Janet Reno becomes the first woman ported military colleges Representatives. is created to fund political campaigns for the first black woman mayor of a major attorney general of the United States. cannot exclude women. 2002 pro-choice, pro-ERA Democratic women U.S. city. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir candidates. Rev. Susan Peterson is installed as senior Ms. Foundation launches Take our 1997 Caroline Hamilton and Ann Daniels reach Bhutto is assassinated shortly after her Daughters to Work Day; 1 million girls the North Pole, becoming the first all- return to Pakistan, following eight years The Equal Employment opportunity pastor of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Sarah mcLachlan creates Lilith Fair, a participate. female team to trek to both poles. They of self-imposed exile. Commission declares that unequal pay St. Paul, the first woman to head a major music festival featuring women musicians. Lutheran congregation in the U.S. trekked to the South Pole in January Harvard University names Drew Gilpin for similar jobs does not constitute sex Sharon Sayles Belton elected as The marble statue of suffragist leaders 2000. Faust its first woman president in the discrimination. 1991 Minneapolis’ first woman and first African- Lucretia mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton school’s 371-year history. American mayor. and Susan B. Anthony is moved out of 2003 “Cagney & Lacey” wins the Emmy for Anita Hill testifies at Clarence Thomas Minnesotan Arvonne Fraser chosen the basement and installed in the U.S. Best Dramatic Series. confirmation hearings. A Nigerian appeals court overturns a sen- 2008 to represent U.S. women at the United Capitol Rotunda. tence of death by stoning in the adultery 1986 Navy pilot Lt. Paula Coughlin’s sexual Gen. Ann Dunwoody becomes the first Nations. madeleine Albright is case of Amina Lawal. harassment complaint leads to revelation woman to serve as a four-star general in The u.S. Supreme Court rules unani- The united Nations World Conference on named the first woman of Tailhook scandal. In support of reproductive rights, the the United States. mously that sexual harassment consti- Human Rights names violence against secretary of state and the march for Women’s Lives nonviolent dem- Hillary Rodham Clinton tutes illegal job discrimination. Minnesotan Lois Jenson files nation’s women a human rights violation. highest ranking govern- onstration is held in Washington, D.C., and wins the New Hampshire For the first time, u.S. women profession- first hostile environment sexual harass- ment woman in the history First all-woman expedi- attended by at least 500,000 supporters. Democratic presidential als outnumber men—but are still paid less. ment lawsuit, against Eveleth Mines. of the U.S. tion reaches the South primary, becoming the first The minnesota Supreme Court is the first 2004 Women surpass men in graduate degrees Pole; includes Minnesota’s 25th anniversary of Title IX, guarantee- woman in U.S. history to national institution of law with a female awarded in the U.S. Ann Bancroft, who is the ing gender equity in education. Kenyan environmental win a presidential primary majority. activist Wangari maathai Barbara mikulski (Md.) wins Senate seat, first woman to reach both Kathleen Blatz is named first female chief contest. is awarded the Nobel Prize joining Nancy Kassebaum (Kan.) as the DFL Rep. Dee Long is the first woman in Poles by land. justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. for Peace, becoming the 2009 second woman in the U.S. Senate. Minnesota history to be elected Speaker 1994 of the House. 1998 first black African woman President Obama signs the Lily Ledbetter “Roseanne” is TV’s first working-class Female condom approved for use in U.S. to win a Nobel Prize. Fair Pay Restoration Act allowing victims feminist hit show. Eveleth Mines settles out of court with Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush reveal Lois Jenson and 14 other women who 2005 of pay discrimination to file a complaint 1987 they are pro choice—after leaving the sued for sexual harassment. with the government. The movie “North Country” is released, White House. Aretha Franklin is the 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade Supreme inspired by the class-action case of Sonia Sotomayor is sworn first woman inducted Violence Against Women Act becomes Court decision legalizing abortion. Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Company. in as the first Hispanic and into the Rock ‘n’ Roll law. third female Supreme Court 1999 Charlize Theron plays the role of Lois Hall of Fame. Former U.S. Navy Lt. Paula Coughlin wins Jenson. justice. “Thelma and Louise” is the first female The Supreme Court upholds a California $6.7 million in damages from the Las Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura announces Farheen Hakeem, a outlaw/buddy road film. in Playboy magazine that he would like to Kuwaiti women are granted the right to law requiring employers to give women Vegas Hilton for its role in Talihook. vote (effective 2007). community organizer disability leave for pregnancy and child- 1992 be reincarnated as a 38DD bra. in Minneapolis, is elected Minnesota State High School League is Condoleezza Rice becomes the first birth and guarantee reinstatement of Minneapolis-based Amazon Bookstore, one of four co-chairs of the national march for Women’s Lives demonstration nation’s first to approve girls’ ice hockey. African-American female secretary of their jobs. the nation’s oldest feminist bookstore, Green Party. in Washington, D.C,. is the largest march 1995 sues Amazon.com for trademark infringe- state. ever held at the Capitol—750,000 demon- 2010 1988 ment. strate for reproductive freedom. Planned Parenthood files the first class- 2006 2 5 Years of Changing the Universe through Women’s Stories The minnesota Women’s Building opens action suit to protect abortion providers mWP celebrates 2000 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is Every woman at 550 Rice St. in St. Paul. Four women elected to the u.S. Senate, has a story: from violence. 25 years of A m y , Joan, inaugurated as Liberia’s Kabo for a total of six. Prior to the election, Sirimavo R.D. Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, & Ru486, the abortion pill, is marketed in united Nations Fourth World Conference sharing women’s more Pres. George Bush states, “This is sup- the world’s first female prime minister, first woman president. France but blocked in the U.S. on Women is held in posed to be the Year of the Woman in the retires. michelle Bachelet is sworn stories as an 1989 Senate. I hope a lot of them lose.” Beijing. 200 Minnesota in as Chile’s first woman independent, women attend. 2001 president. 25th-anniversary issue! Capt. Linda Bray is first woman Army offi- Feminist books “Backlash,” by Susan woman-owned APRIL 2010 Volume 26, Issue 4 www.womenspress.com Susan molinari is the first cer to lead troops into combat, in Panama. Faludi, and “Revolution from Within,” by Hillary Rodham Clinton is sworn in as a Angela merkel, leader of the Christian publication. congresswoman to wear U.S. senator from New York, becoming the Democratic Union, becomes Germany’s 1,200 minnesota women go to Washing- Gloria Steinem, top the best-seller lists slacks on the House floor. first former first lady to win elected office. first woman chancellor. ton, D.C., for March for Reproductive for more than 30 weeks. “Xena: Warrior Princess” Timeline compiled by Mary Kay Zobava Freedom. debuts. See expanded timeline online at www.womenspress.com and Kendra Plant 26 Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 birthDaygirls Now they are 25 Do you remember your 8th birthday? Or 10th, 14th, 16th? Suzanne Flory, Stephonjia Sudduth and Maggie Hilliard Do you remember what (left to right)—MWP’s you were thinking about, birthday girls who your friends were, what was
PHoToS PRoVIDED PHoToS important in your life at those times? Maggie, Stephonjia and Suzanne do. They are the same age as the Minnesota Women’s Press and over the years, on this shared birthday, we interviewed these young dancers, gymnasts and dreamers about what was important to them at different stages and ages. Our last conversation was when the girls were 17, on the brink of college, careers and womanhood. Now they are 25, and we have a lot of catching up to do. by Jennifer Thaney
Maggie Hilliard When Maggie Hilliard was 8 years old, her career goals included the use of an over- head projector and chalkboard. Now, as marketing manager for DailyLit in New York, a company that sends literature to subscribers via email installments, Hilliard uses more sophisticated technology. She writes web content, sends out press releases and conducts webinars in hopes of making books accessible to a wired generation of readers. “I really love my job,” Hilliard said. “I’ve learned a lot about the online world in general.” She’s also learned a lot about life in Manhattan, quite a contrast to the smaller, more at 10 quiet town of Waconia where she grew up. The University of Wisconsin-Madison served as a transition, where Hilliard graduated with honors … and a whopping 4.0 GPA. Hilliard called the pressure to maintain perfection stressful, but loved her profes- “I feel lucky sors and said her rigorous academic experience was worth it. to be this age, Now age 25, Hilliard understands that “people matter a lot” and focuses on maintain- even though ing ties with family and friends. She’s also proud of the social network she built from there are a the ground up once she moved from suburban New York to the heart of the city about ton of things two years ago. Once an avid basketball player, Hilliard is content to watch from the going wrong sidelines, preferably college ball, and is a fan of the city’s many music venues. with the “It’s easy to get stuck just participating in life,” Hilliard said, although she wants more. A regular reader of feminist blogs, Hilliard belongs to an active online community
world.” LIPPmANN LAuREN 10 BY AT WHITING; PHoToS SARAH 17 BY AT PHoTo concerned with full equality. “I feel lucky to be this age, even though there are a ton of —maggie things going wrong with the world,” she said. “I’m optimistic about opportunities for Hilliard people my age to solve the problems we have now.” Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 27 birthDaygirls Stephonjia Sudduth Suzanne Flory Once upon a time, Stephonjia Sudduth’s big- Although Suzanne gest concern was extending her telephone curfew. Flory goes by Suzi these She has a bit more on her plate these days— days, not much else about recovering from Hurricane Katrina, finding a this determined, adven- permanent job and getting into med school. turous girl turned 25-year- Sudduth had just started her junior year old woman has changed. at Xavier University in New Orleans when Back in high school, Hurricane Katrina forced the campus to close Flory’s interests included for a semester. After a semester at the University competitive sports, the at 10 at 10 of Minnesota and another at Fisk University in flute and 15-day canoe Tennessee, Sudduth returned to Xavier a year trips to the Boundary “I don’t want later and graduated in 2008. “I’m in a Waters. These days she to look back It seems as if upheaval has followed Sudduth stage where and her mother are rock to Atlanta, where she lives in her own apart- climbing (Mom’s 50th five years I’m curious ment with her parents and brother nearby. She birthday) and skydiving about what’s from now and has obtained three different temporary jobs since (Mom’s 60th birthday) still be here. moving there in 2008, and is in her sixth month to come. I instead. I want to as a regulatory coordinator at Zep Inc., a chemi- feel like I’m Family is of core impor- progress.” cal company. Sudduth works on compliance on the brink tance to Flory. Not only —Stephonjia standards. She’d prefer a job that combined both of something is she currently living Sudduth lab and office work so that she could interact more really good with her parents in St. with people, but said realistically, “I can’t complain happening.” Paul to save money, she because I have a job. I’m just riding this wave.” —Suzanne also experienced (albeit Sudduth still aspires to be the surgeon her 8-year-old self dreamed long distance) her dad’s Flory of. Although she will retake the MCATs this summer and apply to U.S. serious illness while she schools, Sudduth is also considering attending a six-year program in was studying abroad in Cuba that includes a two-year stint working in local hospitals. Oh, and Germany in 2005. He has since recovered from all the courses are taught in Spanish. a severe heart attack, and the experience helped Sudduth admits she has a tough road ahead of her. “I want to be suc- Flory see first hand the value in family and cessful,” she said. “I feel like I’ve been kind of stagnant. I don’t want to friends, she said. look back five years from now and still be here. I want to progress.” When she isn’t skydiving with her mom, Flory Moving forward is challenging, Sudduth continued. “I’m trying to go is helping to hire, train, assess and coach youth with the flow of life, but it’s just kind of scary to grow up.” A hurricane workers as community programs coordinator is scary too, though, and Sudduth didn’t let that stop her. for Campfire USA. A sociology and German studies graduate of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., Flory didn’t set out to become a professional youth worker. What she did do was follow a passion and interest of hers and is now discerning how to take her job to the next level. “I think it’s important to be creative and open and exploratory,” Flory said. “I’m in a stage where I’m curious about what’s to come. I feel like I’m on the brink of something really good happening.” Flory is also focused on her place as a woman in this world. For her, feminism is not necessarily a con- scious choice. Instead, it’s simply a way of being. “This is what we do. We go out there, take care of each other and support each other,” Flory said. “If I run into something that slows me down, that just gives me the strength PHoTo AT 17 BY SARAH WHITING; PHoToS AT 10 BY LAuREN LIPPmANN LAuREN 10 BY AT WHITING; PHoToS SARAH 17 BY AT PHoTo to power through it.” at 17 Suzanne Flory, Stephonjia Sudduth and Maggie Hilliard (left to right)—MWP’s birthday girls 28 Minnesota Women’s Press, April 2010 25yearreflections 25yearreflections aMy gloria brenengen More leaders needed contreras “Add Women. Change Everything” eDin Every one of my work days is spent immersed I will always believe that true gender parity is in women’s issues. I read about them, talk about just around the corner, though I know practically them, work on them, defend them, celebrate them that we have a long distance to cover. I remem- and—quite often—explain them to my audience of ber often, as I look out on the Capitol grounds our 201 Minnesota state legislators, and the public to the Suffrage Garden, that the right to vote for in general. women in the United States took over 70 years to What different times for women’s issues at obtain. Defl ated hearts didn’t get that work done. the legislature in 1985, 25 years ago! In that year Perseverance did. there were funding increases to battered women’s One tangible step we can take in the next 25 programs, displaced homemaker programs, sexual years it to increase the percentage of women lead- I believe the assault programs, women offender programs, ing our government and industries. Right now child-care funding, and medical assistance for our state Legislature ranks 4th in the nation for changemakers of VAWA signifi ed AFDC families. In 2010, these programs are fi ght- the percentage of women in offi ce—but that is still 1985 could not ing to avoid more decreases in funding. Or—in the just 35 percent. More startling are percentages for a “roar” and a have imagined case of many, the programs have been severely cut women in local offi ce—only 11 percent of county breakthrough for how diligent we or no longer exist. commissioners in Minnesota are women. On what was only would still need I am a believer in focusing on the positive, corporate boards, women hold just 14 percent (119) hoped for 25 to be in 2010 to embracing hope and pressing on even when the of the 836 available board seats in Minnesota’s 100 years ago. maintain their odds are not in my favor. But, as I look back to largest publicly held companies. As a society we gains politically 1985 and compare it to 2010, I sometimes feel need to unify around this issue and break through and socially. defl ated. I believe the changemakers of 1985 could the glass ceiling, hammer through the concrete not have imagined how diligent we would still ceiling and raise the presence and profi le of need to be in 2010 to maintain their gains politi- women in leadership. As the White House Project cally and socially. I imagine they are simultane- so aptly says, “Add Women. Change Everything.” ously pleased and concerned by how the women Onward to 2035! of 2010 consider many of these gains “permanent”; Amy Brenengen is director of the Offi ce on the sometimes not realizing how “new” our current Economic Status of Women, Minnesota State “normal” is for women. Legislature. www.oesw.leg.mn
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Defi ne ladylike he was the feminist At 6 years old, I played as rough as the boys A long, long time ago (1976 or so) I was an Asian history teaching assistant in dodge ball, in basketball and in tag. I remem- at the University of Minnesota–Morris. At that time the fi rst female historian ber clinging to one boy’s back and not letting introduced the fi rst women’s history course. The enrollment fi gures for the go because he had accused me of not actually course went through the roof. She asked me if I would TA for the course ‘tagging’ him the last time. He fi nally relented instead of Asian history. That I had no experience didn’t seem to worry her. and I let go. I wish I could say I’m still that little There were no men in the discussion group that I led; just women ranging girl who won’t let go before she gets what she from a religious fundamentalist to a “free spirit” (keep in mind it is the ’70s). deserves, but a lot of times I do and a lot of times I It was one of the most enlightening experiences I’ve ever had. I did, give up before even trying to fi ght. however, fi nd myself to be the feminist in the course. I was shocked at the number of bright, intelligent women who were still allowing their futures It wasn’t very ladylike to demand attention In 2035 we’ll and respect 25 years ago. Today, it is much more to be defi ned by what society dictated. We (thanks to your good work at see girls loving common, but there is still a stigma about strong the Minnesota Women’s Press) have made great strides in that thinking. I women. Twenty-fi ve years from now, I want girls still think of Simone de Beauvoir’s “Second Sex,” Betty Friedan’s “Feminine the bodies they to be able to be that aggressive—on the play- Mystique,” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Home” as some of my have, not seeking ground and off—when they feel they aren’t being favorite books. Photoshopped, respected or people are just betting on the fact Several years ago I ran into Betty Friedan on Dupont Circle in Washington, surgically molded that a girl won’t challenge the status quo. To reach D.C., where she lived. All 4-foot something of her was trying in vain to get a “perfection.” this goal we cannot remain passive to the world cab. I offered to help her and she looked at me and said, “Why would you do around us. Let’s make a new defi nition of the that!” And I responded … “because you are a legend!” She took the cab. term ‘ladylike’ by setting positive examples, being Rick Jauert, Washington, D.C. outstanding role models and remembering the Editor’s Note: Jauert is a senior policy advisor and communications director equality women before us have fought for. for U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison. Melissa Slachetka, Minneapolis
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