Gender/GLBT

by Andy Birkey

Margaret Anderson Kelliher takes being a role model seriously. “I think it is really important for girls to have role models of both genders and all races,” said the 40-year-old speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. And in her own case, “It’s important for girls to see a woman who can relate to them, and talk about what it’s like to be a girl,” she said, and added that that kind of talk helps girls expand their view of what is possible for them. MORE »

Language can be a huge barrier for immigrant and migrant women. If your first language is Spanish, you may be able to get some essential services with the help of a translator. But the women of Pillsbury United Community’s Waite House wanted to offer more to these women, and so, in March of this year, Mujeres en Liderazgo was born. MORE »

It’s been quite a year in the Twin Cities, and the Daily Planet has been on the scene. With the help of our media partners and our tireless citizen journalists, in 2008 we published over 10,000 articles, blog entries, photos, and event listings. When we saw that the Minnesota Independent had tallied their top ten most-read articles for the year, we were inspired to check the stats and see what articles Daily Planet readers found most fascinating in 2008. MORE »

Cindy Reuther knows sex discrimination firsthand. The businesswoman remembers learning, shortly out of college, that she was earning less than male colleagues doing the same job. “I couldn’t believe it,” she said. But that was just the beginning. MORE »

by Jeff Fecke

To get the real scoop on women, money and the economy, we talked with four top executives in the Twin Cities banking industry about how women are reacting to the economic crisis and about their own personal money philosophies. MORE »