MN90: Women Strike for Equal Pay

In the late 1970s, eight female employees from the Citizens’ National Bank in Willmar stirred up controversy in their town and across the country when they filed a complaint against the bank for unequal pay and gender discrimination. The Willmar 8, as they were called, formed their own union and went on strike for two years. MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us the Willmar 8 came to symbolize the uphill climb many American women face when seeking equity in the workplace.

MN90: World War SPAM

Radio story produced by AMPERS about the production and use of SPAM during World War II. Part of the series MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds.

Photograph of a 1925 Mobile gas station in Carver Minnesota

Mobile Gas Station

Mobile Gas Station at 200 Broadway, Carver, Minnesota. Built in 1925.

Black and white photograph of mock explosions during war maneuvers at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling, 1917.

Mock explosions at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling

Mock explosions during war maneuvers at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling, 1917.

Black and white photograph of mock warfare at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling, 1917.

Mock warfare at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling

Mock warfare at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling, 1917.

Model School gymnastics demonstration

Model School gymnastics demonstration

Model School junior high students give gymnastics demonstration
in the College Hall gymnasium of Winona Teachers College, 1937. Winona County Historical Society, Photo Archives, A5137. Used with the permission of Winona County Historical Society.

Black and white photograph of Moe Jones and Einar Lund of Stillwater’s Howitzer Company, 135th Infantry, during a field inspection at Camp Ripley, 1935.

Moe Jones and Einar Lund during a field inspection at Camp Ripley

Moe Jones and Einar Lund of Stillwater’s Howitzer Company, 135th Infantry, during a field inspection at Camp Ripley, 1935.

Photograph of Mohamed Abdullahi.

Mohamed Abdullahi

Mohamed Abdullahi, the first Somali police officer in the city of Minneapolis, on duty in 2012. Photograph by Bill Jolitz. Printed in Somalis in Minnesota, by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012), 50.

Color image of Mohamud Noor, executive director of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota (CSCM). Photograph by Ibrahim Hirsi, April 24, 2017.

Mohamud Noor

Mohamud Noor, executive director of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota (CSCM). Photograph by Ibrahim Hirsi, April 24, 2017.

Black and white photograph of Molter family and friend, ca. 1930.

Molter family and friend

Left to right: John "Cap" Molter, Myrtle Molter, Dorothy Molter, William "Uncle Bill" Molter, and R. E. "Bob' Pyle waiting for a tow up to the Isle of Pines Resort, Moose Lake Landing, Boundary Waters Canoe Area, ca. 1930.

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