{"product_id":"minnesota-history-quarterly-spring-2017-65-5","title":"Minnesota History Magazine Spring 2017 (65:5)","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnna Gilbertson and the Gold Star Mothers and Widows Pilgrimages after World War I by Susan Schrader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePenumbra Theatre: 40 Years of Nurturing a Black Performing Arts Community by Kate Roberts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eVoice of Progress\u003c\/em\u003e: A Conflicted Message of Resistance in the White Earth Reservation’s First Newspaper by Alex Klein\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eARTICLES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Gilbertson and the Gold Star Mothers and Widows Pilgrimages after World War I\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Susan Schrader\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA decade after the end of World War I, the federal government sponsored an all-expenses-paid program to take bereaved women to grieve at the European graves of their fallen soldiers. One Minnesota mother’s pilgrimage illuminates the experience of other World War I Gold Star mothers and widows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenumbra Theatre: 40 Years of Nurturing a Black Performing Arts Community\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Kate Roberts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1976 in St. Paul, Penumbra today is the country’s largest and preeminent African American theater company. Its history is portrayed on these pages and in the MNHS exhibit \u003cem\u003ePenumbra Theatre at 40: Art, Race, and a Nation on Stage\u003c\/em\u003e, on view through July 30, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eVoice of Progress\u003c\/em\u003e: A Conflicted Message of Resistance in the White Earth Reservation’s First Newspaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Alex Klein\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pioneering example of American Indian journalism offers a unique glimpse into the mixed allegiances of its publisher and editor, mixed–blood cousins Augustus and Theodore Beaulieu, who not only spoke on behalf of the reservation but also exploited it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEPARTMENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEyewitness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBonnie Wilson wonders about a fishy photo of well-dressed anglers from the late nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinda James spotlights the one-time world headquarters of Krank’s, “Perfumers and Markers of High Grade Toilet Requisites,” located on University Avenue in St. Paul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack Space\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gathering of reviews, your letters, news and notes, and a new feature, Our Back Pages, which mines the archives of \u003cem\u003eMinnesota History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ford Century in Minnesota\u003cbr\u003eTake Three\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLetters \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNews \u0026amp; Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Back Pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the cover… \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnna Gilbertson of Owatonna was one of 6,500 American women who participated in the Gold Star mothers and widows pilgrimages of 1930–33. She visited the grave of her son, Pvt. Arthur Gilbertson, at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in Fere-en-Tardenois, France, in June 1933. Photo courtesy Susan Schrader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisit Minnesota History at: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mnhs.org\/mnhistory\"\u003ewww.mnhs.org\/mnhistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MNHS PRESS OFFICES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41284403331252,"sku":"6604","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/6261\/8702\/products\/v65i05f.jpg?v=1645992718","url":"https:\/\/mnhs-shop-test.myshopify.com\/products\/minnesota-history-quarterly-spring-2017-65-5","provider":"mnhs_shop_test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}