Women's History in Minnesota
Gretchen U. Beito, Coya Come Home: A Congresswoman's Journey (1990) -- well researched and well written biography of Coya Knutson whose career in Congress became embroiled in a debate over the role of women in society.
Schloff, Linda Mack. And Prairie Dogs Weren't Kosher: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest Since 1855 (1996) -- using diaries, letters, and oral histories, this provides an excellent account of the lives of Jewish women in Minnesota, Iowa Wisconsin and the Dakotas.
Barbara Stuhler, Gentle Warriors: Clara Ueland and the Minnesota Struggle for Woman's Suffrage (1995) -- exceptional study of the suffrage movement in Minnesota, also contains important findings on the development of education in the state.
Barbara Stuhler and Gretchen Kreuter, eds., Women of Minnesota: Selected Biographical Essays (1998) -- updated and revised, this is the most extensive source for biographies of Minnesota women.