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Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Mary Kinsella Ziegenhagen

Titles: Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Mary Kinsella Ziegenhagen (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Mary served as an advisor and consultant to Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. [MWP] on two occasions. She started a string of successful suburban newspapers, and was an early co-chair of the Minnesota Women's Political Caucus. Mary was the first woman editorial writer for the Minneapolis StarTribune newspaper. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Experiences in starting suburban newspapers in the Twin Cities area during the 1970s; experiences in being the first woman editorial writer at StarTribune; Twin Cities Woman, and its differences from MWP; impact of electronic typesetting on community newspapers; MWP practices similar to a social service agency; newspaper industry financial norms; overstaffing at MWP; advice on developing a classified section for MWP newspaper; community and regional newspapers in the Twin Cities area; the women's movement and MWP; MWP calendar; MWP as a woman's advocacy organization; women and money during the 1970s and 1980s; MWP classified ad section; MWP as a heroic effort.

Dates

  • 09/23/1999 (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 75
  • Accession Number: AV2001.34.35

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 18 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Measurements

  • 60 minutes length

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