Arvonne Fraser

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• Arvonne Fraser Recounts her Life in Politics in her Memoir "She's No Lady"

  Arvonne Fraser recounts her life in politics.Arvonne Fraser has been a force in Minnesota's DFL Party for more than half a century. Fraser, who is married to former U.S. Rep. Don Fraser, disussed her new memoir "She's No Lady" recently with public radio icon Garrison Keillor.

  Dec. 3, 200760 minSave
• Coya Come Home: Minnesota's first congresswoman

  MPR’s Dan Gunderson profiles Coya Knutson, the first woman elected to Congress from Minnesota. In May 1954, Coya Knutson stepped to a podium in Moorhead to announce she was running for Congress. Then, in November 1954, Knutson became the first woman elected to Congress from Minnesota. Congresswoman Knutson made a splash in Washington with her plainspoken politics and persuasive personality. But she also challenged the leadership of the newly formed Minnesota DFL party.

  May. 3, 200417 minSave
• Reminiscences of Muriel Humphrey

  Reminiscences of the late Muriel Humphrey Brown, wife and widow to the late Senator and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. D.J. Leary, Norman Sherman, Jane Freeman, Arvonne Fraser and others share thoughts on Muriel Humphrey Brown’s life. Listeners also share reflections of the Humphrey’s.

  Sep. 21, 199856 minSave
• Family Project - Call-in on family values

  A Midday call-in discussion about family values and the importance of family to American culture. Guests Ambassador Arvonne Fraser, U.S. representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women; and Kate O'Bierne of the Heritage Foundation and former deputy assistant secretary of Health and Human Services in the Reagan Administration.

  May. 27, 1994Save
• Arvonne Fraser at Women's Network meeting

  MPR’s Kate Williams reports on Arvonne Fraser, director of Women in Development’s Division at AID, speaking at Women’s Network meeting in Minnesota.

  May. 19, 1978Save