Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

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This special, double issue of Minnesota History is only the fourth Minnesota History (ISSN 00265497) (USPS 351660) published quarterly, copyright 2020 by the Minne- in the past 22 years, and the first in over a decade. Previous double sota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Blvd West, issues were devoted to the Making of Minnesota Territory, 1849–1858 St Paul, MN 55102-1906. Periodicals postage paid (Winter 1998–99); St. Anthony Falls—Making Minneapolis the Mill at St Paul, MN. City (Spring/Summer 2003, in conjunction with the opening of the Postmaster: Send address changes to Minnesota History/Membership Office, 345 Kellogg Blvd West, Mill City Museum); and Minnesota’s Greatest Generation (Spring St Paul, MN 55102-1906. 2009), part of MNHS’s multi-year, multi-faceted statewide initiative, Membership in MNHS includes a subscription to which culminated in the major long-term exhibit Minnesota’s Great- Minnesota History. Basic individual memberships are est Generation: The Depression, the War, The Boom, which continues to $50; for more information, write the Membership Office at the address above or at membership@ attract visitors to the History Center. mnhs.org or call 651-259-3131. Another thing that makes this issue special is my collaboration Back issues of Minnesota History are $7 each with a guest editor. Hamline University professor Kristin Mapel plus Minnesota tax and handling; go to mnhs.org Bloomberg is an authority on woman suffrage and /mnhistory. women’s rights in the Midwest. Her expertise has Magazine text is available in alternative format: been invaluable in shaping this issue, and I’ve truly contact [email protected]. valued getting to know Kris both professionally and Minnesota History welcomes the submission of articles and edited documents dealing with the personally over the last two years—meeting at our social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural offices, in coffee shops, and more recently via Google history of the state and the surrounding region. Author guidelines are at mnhs.org/mnhistory. Meet—as this issue has been in the making. This double issue marking the centennial of the Nineteenth MNHS assumes no responsibility for statements made by contributors. Amendment, giving women the right to vote, shares its theme with MNHS’s digital exhibit Votes for Women, mnhs.org/votesforwomen, The Code below indicates that copying beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the U.S. Copy- which went online in late August. The “live” exhibit featuring Min- right Laws requires the copier to pay the stated per nesota women activists at the Minnesota History Center, originally copy fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Danvers, MA, 978-750-8400 or www.copyright.com. slated for this September, is now set to open in March 2021. This consent does not extend to other kinds of copy- Single-theme double issues of magazines run the risk of turning ing, such as copying for general distribution, for advertising or promotional purposes, for creating away readers who aren’t interested in the theme. (This is one reason new collective works, or for resale. they’re rare!) Even if you think you aren’t interested in woman suf- Printed on recycled paper with soy ink. frage or women’s rights, I urge you to look through these 88 pages. Something will catch your attention. As network television used to say, “We return to regularly scheduled programming” with our Win- ter 20–21 issue. —Laura Weber Officers David Hakensen, President ; Kent Whitworth, Secretary ; Daniel Schmechel, Treasurer ; Phyllis Rawls Above: Founded in 1910, the 1915 Suffrage Club aimed to achieve equal suffrage Goff, Immediate Past President by 1915. (MNHS COLLECTIONS) Executive Council Eric Ahlness, Ford Bell, Barbara Burwell, Grant W. Davis, Michael Davis, Mitch Davis, Richard Engebretson, Michael Farnell, Stephanie Fehr, Thomas M. Forsythe, Steve Gibson, Phyllis Rawls Goff, David R. Hakensen, MayKao Hang, Dennis L. Lamkin, Jean M. Larson, Monica Little, Richard Nash, Joe Nayquonabe, Krista O’Malley, This issue is made possible, in part, by the Arts and Peter Reyes Jr., Daniel Schmechel, Anton Treuer, Ben Vander Kooi, Kent Whitworth, Warren J. Zaccaro Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minne- sotans on November 4, 2008, and the Henry and Ex-Officio Members Tim Walz, Governor; Donna Morgan Fund for Research and Publications. Peggy Flanagan, Lieutenant Governor; Steve Simon, Secretary of State; Keith Ellison, Attorney General; Julie Blaha, State Auditor 86 MINNESOTA HISTORY

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