The Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial is a permanent feature on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul. It commemorates the women’s suffrage movement in the state and 25 women whose
MN Women Suffrage
Bertha Moller
Josephine Schain
Saint Paul
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The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota, composed of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The legislature originally met at the old Territorial Capito
Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial
…by the divine law of nature". Despite those words, in 1867, Colburn and Sarah Burger Stearns, along with other "friends of equality" petitioned the state legislature to amend the constitution, removing the word male from the section which enfranchised "every male person". The women were granted a hearing where Colburn…
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The State Office Building, where members of the Minnesota House of Representatives have offices, adjacent to the Capitol. Currently under renovation
The State Office Building, under construction. It is scheduled to re-open in 2027. 166,000 square feet will be added.
Minnesota Senate Building, completed 2015, where members of the Minnesota Senate have offices and hold hearings. Connected to the capitol by tunnel