2 Incredible Minnesota Landmarks Significant in Women's History

March is Women's History Month so it's the perfect time to learn something new about women in our history. There are two different landmarks in Minnesota that were relatively significant in women's history that you can visit plus an event that you can check out to celebrate.

Dorothy Molter Museum

Dorothy was a pretty BA lady in Minnesota history. She's famous for the root beer she made for canoers in the Boundary Waters. She lived in the Boundary Waters alone year-round, yes even in the winter, and didn't have running water or electricity. Dorothy passed away in 1986 but her root beer is sold in some stores and her home was moved to Ely to be used as a museum. It's a great place to learn about an awesome woman in Minnesota history.

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Elizabeth C. Quinlan House

Elizabeth Quinlan opened one of the first women's clothing shops in Minneapolis. Her store opened in 1894 and she was an incredibly successful businesswoman. Because of her success, she was able to have a home custom-built for her and it still stands today. It's now on the National Register of Historic Places. Sadly, we can't go inside as it's still privately owned, but it's an amazing home to see. The picture at the top of this post is the Elizabeth C. Quinlan House.

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Women's History Month Series at Minnesota Opera Center

In celebration of Women's History Month, the Minnesota Opera Center is hosting a special month-long series. Some of the events this month include a discussion between women directors. There will also be a conversation plus Q&A with sisters Kao Kalia Yang and Der Yang who will talk about their family history that's described in the book written by Kao, 'The Song Poet'. The Minnesota Opera's youth opera is doing a performance based on this book.

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LOOK: Milestones in women's history from the year you were born

Women have left marks on everything from entertainment and music to space exploration, athletics, and technology. Each passing year and new milestone makes it clear both how recent this history-making is in relation to the rest of the country, as well as how far we still need to go. The resulting timeline shows that women are constantly making history worthy of best-selling biographies and classroom textbooks; someone just needs to write about them.

Scroll through to find out when women in the U.S. and around the world won rights, the names of women who shattered the glass ceiling, and which country's women banded together to end a civil war.

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