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[email protected] Ad deadline: March 10 What better month than March for us to profi le one of Minnesota’s leading history mavens, Sara Evans. She has been part of a movement that helped shape women’s history locally and nationally. In sharing the story of her life’s work, Evans clues Addiction robs you of everyday . us in about why women’s history matters. moments Shannon Drury, in this month’s “home” feature, ruminates on Hazelden gives you the time to reclaim them. her role as a “housewife.” This radical stay-at-home-mom takes a look historically at what this “home” role meant in her grand- mother’s and her mother’s generations. Several writers in this issue focus on the topic of home—fi nd- ing home, working with homeless youth, books about a sense of place, thoughts about cleaning homes for a living, appli- ances that drive us crazy, and the simple act of turning on a faucet—an action that led two women to think globally. In our “global women” feature we hear stories from businesswomen at Midtown Global Market who have made Minnesota their home. March 8 is International Women’s Day, whose roots go back nearly 100 years. It was inspired by European women who organized for working women’s rights. Steeped in protests and striking for better treatment of women, the day has grown to include working for peace and justice in the world. In 1975 the United Nations began sponsoring International Women’s Day. It is an offi cial holiday in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Hope for recovery is close by with outpatient Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, treatment conveniently located in the Twin Cities. Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. A person’s relationship with alcohol or other drugs can supersede How will you celebrate this day? This month? Who are the even the strongest ties. Recovery leads you out of the isolation women in your life to acknowledge and honor? 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