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- A look at Ann Bancroft for Women's History Month
MPR’s Ellen Finn put together this look at Ann Bancroft’s legacy to celebrate Women’s History Month.
- Nicole Lavoi on women's sports boom
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Nicole LaVoi, director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, on the women’s sports boom in Minnesota.
- "Skate Dreams" changes the conversation about women on the board
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Jessica Edwards on her new documentary, Skate Dreams. The documentary premiered in Minnesota at the end of September 2022 at the Duluth Superior Film Festival. Skate Dreams follows the rise of women’s skateboarding. It’s the first feature documentary to capture the story behind the rise of women’s skateboarding.
- North Star Journey: ‘Where do I belong?’ Native roots, hard realities surface in woman’s search for her past
Over decades, thousands of Native American children in Minnesota have been separated from relatives, adopted by white families, often growing up with no knowledge of their identity and culture. As part of our North Star Journey series, MPR’s Dan Gunderson shares the path one family is traveling to discover and understand a new identity.
- Leaning in to the snow with Ann Bancroft
As part of Women's History Month, MPR News host Angela Davis sat down with Ann Bancroft, one of the world's most respected polar explorers. Davis also interviews Kathy Lantry in this audio as well.
- War diary helps a daughter know the father she never met
Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Linda McBrayer of St. Paul, who discusses her late father, and his war diary found decades after his death. Cpl. Thomas Soliz, a radio operator, was killed in Vietnam on Sept. 6, 1967, just three months after McBrayer was born. Segment includes a reading from diary. McBrayer is one of more than 400 people that have contributed to “Minnesota Remembers Vietnam: The Story Wall” project.
- Transgender athlete sues Minnesota Vixen women's football team for discrimintation
MPR’s Laura Yuen talks with athlete Christina Ginther on why she is suing the Minnesota Vixen over discrimination against her for being transgender.
- This St. Paul summer camp teaches on race, history
MPR’s Solvejg Wastvedt joins St. Paul middle-schoolers who took on a different kind of summer challenge recently, learning about leadership and racial equity as they got an up-close look at history.
- Young Reporters: Women cyclists create space on the track
MPR’s Sophie Nikitas reports on how women, specifically Anna Schwinn, are helping grow the sport of women’s competitive track cycling in Minnesota.
- Bruce Kramer's journey with ALS reaches its end
With the passing of Bruce Kramer, Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer takes a look back at her conversations with Kramer as he battled ALS. Bruce Kramer would always say he was, first and foremost, a teacher. He said that ALS taught him many things, and as difficult as those lessons were, he was grateful for them.