(This collection was curated by Shandi Burrows, Archival Assistant)
July 9, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Kathleen Stauffer on here new book, Womansport: The Women's Sports Bible. She discusses how women belong in sports, the inequity in the field, and the changes to come.
November 18, 1995 - MPR Weekend Edition’s Jay Weiner joins Chris Roberts to celebrate and discuss the 20th anniversary of the women’s department at the University of Minnesota.
July 15, 1996 - MPR’s Martin Kaste interviews players on the first day of the USA Cup girl’s youth soccer invitational taking place at the National Sports Center in Blaine.
November 5, 1996 - St. Paul native Toni Stone, the first woman to play on a men's professional baseball team died on November 2nd, 1996 at a nursing home near Oakland, California. She was 75 years old. In 1990, Stone came back to St. Paul to talk to a group of students during Women's History Month. MPR’s Bill Wareham was there and presents audio from a story that was originally broadcast in 1990.
January 10, 1997 - MPR’s Gretchen Lehmann reports on the growing number of women involved in the sport of dog-sled racing.
February 23, 1998 - Recreational mushing is booming in Minnesota. The Beargrease sled dog marathon in Duluth and Alaska's Iditarod have increased the sport's visibility. Mushing trips for novices are one way sled dog owners can educate people about the sport and pay their bills. And as Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports, mushers are bringing dogsledding to a whole new audience.
April 9, 1998 - MPR’s Hope Deutscher reports on eight wrestlers at the University of Minnesota - Morris are gaining international recognition.
May 14, 1998 - Donna Lopiano, Executive Director of the Women's Sports Foundation, speaking at College of St. Catherine Forum on Women in Leadership. Lopiano’s speech is titled "The Changing World of Women and Sport."
August 17, 1998 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen joins a crowd of women basketball fans near Detroit, Michigan and discuss the new Minnesota WNBA team coming the next year.
June 11, 1999 - MPR’s Michael Khoo reports on Minnesota Lynx as they begin their first season in the WNBA, hosting the Detroit Shock at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Khoo highlights the excitement for a hometown women's basketball team.