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Veterans, Oral History, and The Minnesota Humanities Center

My first news update — how exciting! This year, I have had the great pleasure of becoming familiar with the work of the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC), in particular its Veterans’ Voices program. This program shares veterans’ experiences through different

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Spotlight Oral History captures and shares the stories of individuals, organizations, and communities through in-depth interviews and historical research.

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“The place we went to was Mr. and Mrs. Miles’, Robert and Mona Miles… I can’t describe these people. They bring tears to my eyes right now, the incredible heroes they were, to never ever take any credit at all. ...And there were so many of them. And [at] every meeting, they risked everything, every time they would meet in Greenville or Philadelphia or Jackson. They would have their periodic meetings all over the state, organizing this movement – they didn’t know what form it would take, but they were getting people ready. So we went into a town that…

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From the archives: In April 1961, Ann Landers jumped on the bandwagon in describing a single mother's desire to keep her "illegitimate" baby as abnormal and detrimental to her child. Mom had relinquished her baby just a few months before this exchange appeared in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune. She later wrote that she had been "beset by doubts" about her decision to let her baby go in those early post-Booth days. I wonder if she'd have taken any cold comfort in Landers' harsh rejoinder to "Former Reader." I also wonder who "Former Reader" was. #BMHoralhistory #Boothgirls #amotherslove

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I am one of the babies born in the salvation army home in 1961. My mom did keep me against all odds and advice. I really would like to connect as I would love to hear the oral history regarding the women interviewed. Any articles would be so appreciated. That scared 16 yr old that bravely kept her baby girl turned 75 today.

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Wow. My brain is still processing this. What enormous pressure women must have felt if this is the general consensus. Makes my heart hurt for the women that were forced to make that choice.

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I wonder if Ann Landers kept that harsh, censorious outlook later in her career. She and her husband eventually divorced, when that was still considered somewhat shameful. Wonder if that brought a new perspective, as well as changing times by early 1970s

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That is just incredible ignorance.

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Better late than never. Exhibit closes today. @ Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Wish I had known! Looks cool

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I have this drive to constantly learn. And I feel like I learn better through stories and interacting and engaging with folks. So that feeds my soul. I volunteer with some of the groups that we support through MN Voice. I’ll go and register voters with them and things like that just so I can get that interaction. I think that people who are personally impacted by issues need to be at the table if we’re going to craft policies that are actually going to be beneficial. --Sina Black, current but soon-to-be-moving-on Executive Director of Minnesota Voice Sina lived in…

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