Women | Page 13 | MNopedia

Linton, Laura Alberta (1853–1915)

In 1879, scientists at the University of Minnesota asked chemistry student Laura Linton to analyze rock samples that had been collected along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Her research identified a previously unknown mineral, which her professors named “lintonite” in recognition of her work. Linton went on to become a chemistry and physics teacher, a research chemist, and, after earning a medical degree at the age of forty-seven, the supervising physician of the women’s ward at Rochester State Hospital.

Members of the National Woman’s Party picketing for suffrage

Members of the National Woman’s Party picketing for suffrage in front of the White House on March 4, 1917. Photograph by Harris and Ewing. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress. Public domain.

Alice Paul

Alice Paul, 1915. Paul worked closely with Minnesota suffragist Bertha Moller in the 1910s. Photograph by Harris and Ewing. Harris and Ewing collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.

Bertha Moller

Bertha Moller photographed in 1922, while she was a student at the University of Minnesota’s law school. From the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, December 10, 1922.

Moller (Delin), Bertha Berglin, 1888–1951

Bertha Berglin Moller (Delin), jailed twice in Washington, DC, for leading a hunger strike, was one of Minnesota’s most passionate and fiery woman suffragists. Following passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Moller continued her activism by advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment and women’s labor rights. A modern woman for the 1920s, Moller became a lawyer, divorced, remarried, and supported herself throughout her life.

MN90: The Faribault WASP

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.

MN90: The Problem with Professor Sanford

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

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

Shoes worn by Gratia Alta Countryman

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

Carrie Olson Price

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.

Gale Family Library