Nellie Stone Johnson was a labor organizer, activist, and the first Black elected official in Minneapolis. Hear what she has to say about her work in this video.

Women in the Jewish Home for the Aged, St. Paul, 1925. Photograph by Norton & Peel.

The catalog of Women Invite Women, an invitational exhibition presented at WARM Gallery between 1977 and 1978. From box 5 (152.F.1.1B) of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) organizational records. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Women packaging Red Mill cheese in a Minneapolis factory, October 14, 1937. Photograph by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune.