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History Revealed: Clara Anderson

John Guthmann

Clara Anderson: A Woman’s Fight to Save Her Job in the Face of Discrimination With John Guthmann History Revealed Series Program Date: April 15, 2021 Video on YouTube In the early 1940s, Clara Anderson worked as a bartender at a local hotel until the…

March of the Governors, Governor #1, Henry Hastings Sibley

Paul Nelson and Ken Peterson

Henry Hastings Sibley Podcast Link This is the first in a new series of podcasts. We call it March of the Governors because we will examine the lives and careers of governors of the State of Minnesota, one by one. We start with our first governor, Henry…

History Revealed: Turnout

Joan Growe and Lori Sturdevant

Turnout: Making Minnesota the State That Votes Joan Growe and Lori Sturdevant History Revealed Series Program Date: December 3, 2020 Video on YouTube In “Turnout,” the architect and chief promoter of Minnesota’s high voter turnout tells her story, showing how hard work and cooperation…

Ramsey County History – Fall 2020: “Interminable Township Turmoil: White Bear Township and the Power of the Vote”

Sara Markoe Hanson

Interminable Township Turmoil: White Bear Township and the Power of the Vote Author: Sara Markoe Hanson Why is White Bear Township shaped that way? If you’ve ever wondered about the answer to that question, Sara Markoe Hanson, executive director of the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, carefully…

Ramsey County History – Fall 2020: “A Doctor Ahead of His Time and the Trouble that Followed: The Sexual Life by Charles W. Malchow”

Ryan T. Hurt and Paul Nelson

A Doctor Ahead of His Time and the Trouble that Followed: The Sexual Life by Charles W. Malchow Authors: Ryan T. Hurt and Paul Nelson At the turn of the twentieth century, a progressive doctor named Charles W. Malchow, who worked at Hamline University’s short-lived Department of Medicine, wrote…

History Revealed: Democracy on Hold

Greg Gaut

Democracy on Hold, Minnesota during the Great War Greg Gaut History Revealed Series Program Date: November 11, 2020 YouTube Video A special Armistice Day/Veterans Day program presented by Greg Gaut and sponsored by the Ramsey County Historical Society and the East Side Freedom Library.

History Revealed: Suffrage in Minnesota

Kate Roberts

History Revealed: Women’s Suffrage in Minnesota Kate Roberts History Revealed Series Program Date: October 22, 2020 YouTube Video In partnership with the Roseville Library The passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 expanded voting rights for women and opened up an entire new…

Persistence Exhibition Celebration

Ramsey County Historical Society

Virtual Celebration of the Persistence: Continuing the Struggle for Suffrage and Equality, 1848-2020 Exhibition Program Date: October 8, 2020 YouTube Video Celebration with the artists and historians that contributed to the exhibition. Visit exhibition-persistence.rchs.com to view the exhibition in full.

History Revealed: Suffrage at 100

Stacie Taranto and Leandra Zarnow

Suffrage at 100: Women in American Politics since 1920 Stacie Taranto and Leandra Zarnow History Revealed Series Program Date: October 1, 2020 YouTube Video In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library Editors & authors Stacie Taranto and Leandra Zarnow will discuss their book,…