League of Women Voters swearing in new members or registering women to vote, ca. 1923.

League of Women Voters

League of Women Voters swearing in new members or registering women to vote, ca. 1923.

Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in Minnesota

Minnesota’s suffragists worked tirelessly to win the vote beginning in the late 1850s, when Mary Colburn delivered what is believed to be the state’s first women’s rights speech. After a long struggle, the dream of equal suffrage took a big leap forward on September 8, 1919, when the state legislature voted to ratify the woman suffrage amendment, making Minnesota the fifteenth state to do so.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman being sworn in to Robert F. Wagner, Jr.'s mayoral cabinet, 1954. Wagner was the mayor of New York City from 1954 until 1965.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman’s swearing-in ceremony

Anna Arnold Hedgeman being sworn in to Robert F. Wagner, Jr.'s mayoral cabinet, 1954. Wagner was the mayor of New York City from 1954 until 1965.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Averell Harriman, 1960s.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Averell Harriman

Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Averell Harriman, 1960s.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman, ca. 1950s. Used with the permission of Hamline University.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman

Anna Arnold Hedgeman, ca. 1950s. Used with the permission of Hamline University.

Hedgeman, Anna Arnold (1899–1990)

With a career spanning fifty years, Anna Arnold Hedgeman was an educator, civil rights advocate, and writer. In 1963, she was the only woman on the planning committee for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Patty Berg, of Minneapolis, ca. 1935. Berg was one of the founding members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and is in the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Patty Berg

Patty Berg, of Minneapolis, ca. 1935. Berg was one of the founding members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and is in the World Golf Hall of Fame.

The Lady Warriors (a basketball team representing Cedar-Riverside, a neighborhood in Minneapolis) pose with the University of Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher and Minnesota Lynx mascot Prowl during project recognition at a Minnesota Lynx WNBA game, August 30, 2015.

Minneapolis women’s basketball team at a Lynx game

The Lady Warriors (a basketball team representing Cedar-Riverside, a neighborhood in Minneapolis) pose with the University of Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher and Minnesota Lynx mascot Prowl during project recognition at a Minnesota Lynx WNBA game, August 30, 2015.

Irene Gomez of the Police and Community Relations Task Force. Photograph by Erickson Studio, ca. 1983.

Irene Gomez-Bethke

Irene Gomez-Bethke of the Police and Community Relations Task Force. Gomez-Bethke was also the Human Rights Commissioner for the state of Minnesota between 1982 and 1983. Photograph by Erickson Studio, ca. 1983.

St. Paul police officer Debbie Montgomery in uniform, 1975. Used with the permission of Debbie Montgomery.

Debbie Montgomery

St. Paul police officer Debbie Montgomery in uniform, 1975. Used with the permission of Debbie Montgomery.

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