Photograph of Dorothy Baker and Ann Keeler

Dorothy Baker and Ann Keeler

DFL Feminist Caucus members Dorothy Baker (left) and Ann Keeler (right) demonstrate for Tom Berg at the 1982 DFL convention, Duluth. From box 1, folder 1 (Photographs: Annual meetings, 1974, 1981–1983) of the DFL Feminist Caucus papers, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. Photograph by Kathy H. Drazen.

DFL Feminist Caucus

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Feminist Caucus was founded in 1973 to advocate for feminist positions on issues like poverty among women, abortion, and the Equal Rights Amendment. Its members lobbied the Minnesota State Legislature, endorsed candidates, and produced a US Senate candidate of their own in 1984.

William Gates LeDuc

William Gates LeDuc

William Gates LeDuc, ca. 1848.

Photograph of Abdirizak Haji Hussein, a  former prime minister of Somalia and a Minneapolis resident until his death in 2014.

Abdirizak Haji Hussein

Abdirizak Haji Hussein, a former prime minister of Somalia and a Minneapolis resident until his death in 2014. Photograph by Bill Jolitz, 2012. Printed in Somalis in Minnesota, by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012), 9.

Photograph of Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame.

Abdi Warsame

Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame. Photograph by Tony Webster, January 8, 2018. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scan of Ilhan Omar campaign sticker

Ilhan Omar campaign sticker

Sticker promoting Ilhan Omar's campaign for Minnesota State Representative, 2016. Omar won Minnesota's DFL state primary over forty-four-year incumbent DFL Representative Phyllis Kahn and was elected the nation's first Somali American legislator on November 8.

Photograph of Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar

Political candidate Ilhan Omar on the campaign trail, October 4, 2016. Omar won her election in 2017 and became the first Somali person to join the Minnesota State Legislature. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photograph of Somali Minnesotans protesting the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

Somali Minnesotans protest the 2008 Republican National Convention

Somali Minnesotans protest the 2008 Republican National Convention, held in St. Paul. Photograph by Flickr user relux, September 1, 2008. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

Black and white photograph of thousands of farmers gathering at the Minnesota State Capitol to hear Governor Floyd B. Olson talk on farm relief, ca. 1935.

Farmers at the Minnesota State Capitol

Thousands of farmers gather at the Minnesota State Capitol to hear Governor Floyd B. Olson talk on farm relief, ca. 1935. Photograph by George E. Luxton.

Color image of the reenactment of courthouse battle during the Murray County sesquicentennial celebration, 2007.

Murray County Sesquicentennial

Reenactment of courthouse battle during the Murray County sesquicentennial celebration, 2007.

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