Photograph of DFLFC members assembled for the "State of the State" address, January 1982

"State of the State" address, January 1982

Yvette Oldendorf with other caucus members at the DFL Feminist Caucus's “State of the State Address,” January 1982. From box 4, folder 2 (Photographs: Annual meetings, 1974, 1981–1983) of the DFL Feminist Caucus papers, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. Photograph by Kathy H. Drazen.

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.

Women working in the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota

Women working in the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota

Women working in the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota carry out quality-control tests on cans of SPAM. Printed in Life 7, no. 19 (November 6, 1939), page 58.

Mary Bronson LeDuc

Mary Bronson LeDuc

Mary Bronson LeDuc, ca. 1880.

Map of Atlanta used by William Gates LeDuc

Map of Atlanta used by William Gates LeDuc

Street map of Atlanta, Georgia, printed on cotton fabric. The map includes streets, railroad lines, waterways, and an index to twenty building locations. Across the bottom is written: "Drawn and printed at Top'l. Engr. Office, Hed. Qrs. A.C., in the field, July 25th, 1864." The signature of "W.G. LeDuc" is in black ink in the upper left. The map was used during the Civil War by Brigadier General William Gates Le Duc.

Daguerreotype of Mary Elizabeth Bronson

Mary Elizabeth Bronson

Mary Elizabeth Bronson before her marriage to William Gates LeDuc, ca. 1847.

Subeeciyad (sue-bay-see-yad; traditional Somali female dress)

Subeeciyad (sue-bay-see-yad; traditional Somali female dress worn at festive occasions). Photograph by Nikki Tundel, 2016.

Saluma Omar in her jewelry shop inside Karmel Mall

Saluma Omar in her jewelry shop inside Karmel Mall in Minneapolis. Photograph by Bill Jolitz, 2012. Printed in Somalis in Minnesota, by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012), 55.

Photograph of sport hijab

Sport hijab made by Minnesota company

Sport hijab with storage bag and tag. Designed by Fatimah Hussein and Jamie Glover and made by Minnesota activewear company Asiya, 2017. The sport hijab was created so Muslim women and girls could participate in sports and physical activity while still upholding their religious and cultural beliefs.

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