Elizabeth “Betty” Wall, a pilot from Faribault, Minnesota, arrived in Texas in 1943 to do her part during World War II. Unlike male recruits, she had to pay her train fare—and her room and board—while she trained to become a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Britt Aamodt reports in this MN90 segment.

In the late nineteenth century, Maria Louise Sanford was a star of the regional lecture circuit and one of the most charismatic professors at the University of Minnesota. She was also one of the only female professors—and some of her colleagues had it out for her. Britt Aamodt reports in this MN90 segment.

Lydia Gluek Malchow, 1890s. Courtesy of Nancy Gluek and Paul Nelson.

Women's black lace-up shoes worn by Gratia Alta Countryman of Minneapolis, ca. 1889.

Carrie Olson Price, fourth wife of Fred Price, visits her husband in jail after his conviction for the murder of his third wife, Mary Fridley Price. From "Etchison Ready to Stand Trial; Price Plans to Appeal," Minneapolis Sunday Journal, January 16, 1916, 4. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Fred and Mary Price in their Cadillac, 1913–1914. Mary holds her dog, Chum. From "Etchison's Story is Unshaken Under Severe Grilling," Minneapolis Journal, January 11, 1916, 1. Mary and Chum exited the same car on the night of November 28, 1914, and fell to their deaths from a cliff. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society with permission from the Minneapolis Journal.

Mary Fridley Price with her husband, Fred Price, ca. 1907–1914. From "Mary Fridley Pice Was Member of One of First Families of Minnesota," Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, January 9, 1916, 6. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society with permission from the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune.

Mary Fridley Price, 1910–1914. From "Fear For Pet Costs Her Life," (Minneapolis Sunday Journal, November 29, 1914). Image reproduced from microfilm.