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What's your worth?
WelcomeWords: Why are we still battling issues of pay equity and the worth of women in 2010? In the September issue we look at issues surrounding women and worth.
Cyberbully
ActNow: What if our world had just a little more sense of worth for each person, group or country? Tips for talking to girls about cyberbullying.
A girl's worth
LeaderVoice: Sexism and racism are one fight never to be separated
Lucky to be literate
SheSaid: Tami Mohamed Brown reflects on libraries and the often overlooked or forgotten value they give
Letting go, moving ahead
WelcomeWords: In the August issue we explore the metaphors of moving and carrying on as we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. AND we're excited about MWP's new home at 970 Raymond Ave., St. Paul!
If women need to be asked to run for public office...
ActNow: Research shows that women need to be invited to run for public office ... here's your invitation
Candidate confidential
SheSaid: Shannon Drury on why more women should be running for public office
Tireless women needed
LeaderVoice: MN Senator Patricia Torres Ray calls for more women to join her in speaking up for women and children
Vivacious mix
WelcomeWords: The July issue of the Women's Press focuses on the many "ages and stages" in women's lives ... plus a new stage for MWP: We're on the move
Petal pushers
ActNow: Old Arizona Collaborative gives new life to an old Minneapolis landmark
Internal sense of power
SheSaid: Hmong Women Achieving Together (HWAT) is making an impact in the lives of Hmong women and girls
Alice's journey
LeaderVoice: Archetypes abound in Tim Burton's movie "Alice in Wonderland" and give us clues about leadership qualities
Good grief
Women&Pets: Author Sid Korpi gives support to those who are grieving the passing on of their dearest nonhuman friends-their pets.
Changing your thinking
WelcomeWords: What have been your moments of insight or surprise, warmth, anger or forgiveness that gave you new perspectives? That kind of change in your thinking is the theme of the June issue of the Women's Press.


We're for Margaret
Endorsement: The Minnesota Women's Press endorses Margaret Anderson Kelliher for governor because she is right on the issues for women. It's a bonus that she is a woman.


Trash talk
ActNow: Jean Greenwood accumulated merely two bags of garbage last year. She gives advice on how you can lessen your environmental footprint, too.


Wise wives' tales
SheSaid: Tami Mohamed Brown's reflections on the universal urge to give unsolicited pregnancy advice


The power of risk taking
LeaderVoice: Kathy Curran believes that true leadership involves taking risks for a purpose that one believes in. Yet research shows it is a harder behavior for women to initiate.


We want it all
WelcomeWords: What DO women want? Friendships, connections, meaningful relationships, to be safe in our world, pay equity, equal representation, recognition, ... the list is long AND we want it all
Silent no more
ActNow: In 1998, at the Silent Witness National March in Washington, D.C., the goal was set to have no more deaths from domestic violence by 2010



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