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The Dance of Trust

Doreen Johnson: How ballroom dance helped me learn to trust men.
Shannon Gibney: Talking About Race

High school student and Minnesota Women's Press contributor Alyssa Story interviewed Shannon Gibney, author of "Dream Country," as part of our #MWPIdentity and #MWPStory themes. Here is what Shannon told us.
Reducing Childhood Trauma in Minnesota

Reader Carol Koepp writes about how her life-mate was impacted by childhood trauma, and offers recommendations about how Minnesota can become more informed about toxic stress, including insights from "The Deepest Well," by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.
Redefining This One Wild and Precious Life

BOOKSHELF: Barbara Vaile describes her reading list. "In search of new rules and new vision, I'm looking to women, healers, and especially journalists. I love their capacity to ask big questions and to question authority."
Iditarod Heroines

HOLIDAY GUIDE: Joan Holman suggests books about role models for girls from the Iditarod dogsled race.
Telling Elizabeth Warren’s Story

BookShelf: Local author Antonia Felix sees a pattern in the strong women in politics that she has profiled.
Shannon Gibney: Under-Told Stories

“The stories that we tell, or don’t tell, for that matter, define every aspect of our lives.”
Our Shared Trauma of Race

BookShelf: "Children know when they are missing out — and when they are genuinely welcomed and loved."
Where the Wild Things Are

Three new books by Minnesotans convey a sense of place, ranging from two friends finding elusive native wildflowers, to excerpts from Linda LeGarde Glover's Minnesota Book Award winning reflection of the Ojibwe story, to journalist Maya Rao's reports from the innate brokenness of the Bakken oil field landscape.
“Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier”

Excerpt from “Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier,” by Maya Rao
“Searching for Minnesota's Native Wildflowers”

Excerpts from “Searching for Minnesota's Native Wildflowers” by author Phyllis Root & photographer Kelly Povo
“Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year

Excerpts from “Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year” by Linda LeGarde Grover
BookShelf: Seeding for Change

Minnesota author Marly Cornell tells the story of "Seeds for Change" and how the Sehgal Foundation has brought entrepreneurial spirit to rural India.
Redefining Success: A Parent's Perspective

Bookshelf: Thoughts from a parent about raising three children whose brains were wired differently from birth.
Connecting Feminist Leaders

BookShelf: Linda Brandt reflects on the resources that offer challenge and inspiration to live to one's potential as a leader.

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