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Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
After joining the Women’s Army Corps, WAC Jeanne Bearmon was assigned to helping to recruit other women to join the military. Because women had never officially served in a U.S war before World War 2, it was quite a challenge to educate female recruits and the public about the contributions that women were needed to … [Read Transcript...]
Jeanne Bearmon joined the Women’s Air Corps and was stationed in London as the bombs fell during World War 2. She ultimately earned the rank of captain, but found that some of those who served under her were not prepared for a woman with rank. [Read Transcript...]
Abolitionist and early feminist Jane Grey Swisshelm cut against the stereotype of prairie women bound by farm work and rearing children. As producer Allison Herrera reports, she was a woman with a voice. [Read Transcript...]
It wasn’t enough for Rosalie Wahl to become Minnesota’s first Supreme Court Justice. As Allison Herrera reports, she created new equality for women entering into the legal system. [Read Transcript...]
