June 8: Mill City Museum offers ‘Women’s Work,’ a local labor history walking tour

From the Minneapolis Labor Review, May 25, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — Learn the stories of women who lived and worked in Minneapolis by joining an outdoor walking tour with a Mill City Museum guide.

The museum’s next “Women’s Work” labor history walking tour will be Saturday, June 8 from 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Additional tours, all Saturdays from 10:00-11:30 a.m. include: July 20, August 3, August 24 and September 7. 

Learn about women’s labor — paid, unpaid, legal, and illegal — in industries from laundries and sewing factories to brothels. 

Be inspired by the stories of activists including Eva Valesh and Nellie Stone Johnson who fought to improve the lives of working women. 

The tours include about 1.5 miles of moderately-paced walking.

The  tours will start and end at Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd St. Minneapolis (just down the block from the Guthrie Theatre).

The cost for the tour is $14, with a 20 percent discount for Minnesota Historical Society members.

To learn more, or to register for one of the tours, visit www.mnhs.org/events/1546.