February 23, 2012, Thursday - Stand Up!: The Story of Minnesota’s Protest Tradition, with Rhoda Gilman at Mill City Museum

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 Second Street South

Historian Rhoda Gilman will highlight the political protest movements that have shaped Minnesota and changed the country in this presentation based on her new book "Stand Up! The Story of Minnesota’s Protest Tradition." "Stand Up" presents an overview of 150 years of major political protests in Minnesota, including the abolitionist Republican party, Grangers, antimonopolists, Populists, strikers, progressives, suffragists, Communists, Farmer-Laborites, communes and co-ops, abortion politics, and more. After the presentation Ms. Gilman will sign books, which will be available for purchase.

Free