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By Michele St. Martin , Minnesota Women's Press

For the middle and upper-class mothers and grandmothers of previous generations, by and large, there was no choice to be made-women were expected to stay home. According to historian and University of Minnesota Professor Elaine Tyler May, Ph.D., “In the years after World War II, the ideal [of a woman staying home] was backed by economic reality. Men were paid a ‘family wage’ ... it was possible for a large segment of American society [to rely on] a one-income earner who could support the whole family.” But it wasn’t that way for everyone, May said. “There was huge pressure for the breadwinner to provide for all of the family’s needs, [but] in most working class families, women did work outside the home, part-time if not full-time.” MORE »

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Mississippi Watershed group retools grants program, hopes to reach diverse communities

By Paul Purman , TC Daily Planet

A Twin Cities watershed organization has a quarter million dollars of grant money to divvy up over the next few months, and they’re hoping groups that have traditionally not applied for funding will show up for an information meeting on Monday, September 8.

“Look at the demographics of our watershed,” explains Jenny Winkelman, Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO), which covers portions of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lauderdale, and St. Anthony. “We have a huge audience we’re trying to reach, many of them fairly recent immigrant communities, such as the Hmong and Somali communities. Most traditional watershed materials are produced for a literate, English-speaking audience and may miss important populations.” MORE »