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Lenor Scheffler: Trailblazing attorney with heart

By Anne Hamre, Minnesota Women’s Press

Lenor Scheffler learned the importance of family and the value of work, growing up on the Lower Sioux Indian Community in southwestern Minnesota. Listening to the adults discuss "things that needed to be fixed," she also realized the need for change. At a young age, Scheffler said, she decided that "to make change, you need to be either a politician or a lawyer."

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Feminism in action: Jane Olsen finds feminist synergy in conservative St. Cloud

By Anne Hamre, Minnesota Women’s Press

Jane Olsen has a knack for feminist activism in conservative surroundings.

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Gender Justice: Dynamic duo fights discrimination

By Anne Hamre, Minnesota Women’s Press

Lisa Stratton, right, and Jill Gaulding (Photo courtesy of Gender Justice)

You never know where a Google search might lead. Several years ago, attorney Jill Gaulding moved to the Twin Cities from Iowa. Seeking her niche, she plugged some words into the search engine.

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Females at center stage: Children's Theatre Company showcases girls

By Anne Hamre, Minnesota Women’s Press

Those seeking female protagonists on movie screens have to look hard.

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Minnesota's seven Catholic womenpriests are here to stay

By Anne Hamre, Minnesota Women’s Press

[The Catholic Church] "is a dysfunctional family, but it's still my family."- Linda Wilcox

Some of the differences are subtle: The congregation says "kindom," not "kingdom," of God.

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'Zine Apothecary': Lacey Prpic Hedtke has over 2,500 zines in her garage

By Anne Hamre, Minnesota Women’s Press

Like many grand obsessions and extensive collections, Lacey Prpic Hedtke's began by chance.

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Problems to solve: Sandra Brick shows a woman's place is in the patent office

By Anne Hamre, Minnesota Women’s Press

Sandra Brick, left, wearing a coat invented by Bonnie Cashin and holding a Kewpie (planter) invented by Rose O'Neill. The above objects are some of the inventions by women in Brick's collection: Begonia plant cultivar, invented by Shirley Lund; Billiken by Florence Pretz; brown plate by Laura Fry (the atomizer process on pottery); bud vase by Mary Louise McLaughlin (decoration); Monopoly game by Lizzie Magie Phillips; Totino's Pizza by Rose Totino; polishing iron by Mary Cook; child's iron by Mary Potts; iron by Mary Sweeney; colored cotton skein by Sally Vreseis Fox; Scotchgard by Patsy Sherman; salt and pepper shaker birds by Eva Zeisel.

Let's admit it-when we hear "inventions," we think of scientific gadgets and gizmos, complicated devices making whirring noises. Turns out it isn't necessarily so.

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