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A Beautiful Sight . . . Everyday

  A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine was admitted to the hospital for a “routine” procedure. She ended up in an ICU and had several more surgeries due to unexpected complications. Her recovery will be long and will involve another surgery. A …

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October 18, 2017 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

Thank you, Annie Rose Goldman for setting Hasbro right!

Good grief, it took an eight-year-old to set an international toy company straight on gender equity and still it took them two years to partially comply!!  Read more here. Kudos to Annie’s courage and perserverance !! 

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July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation has been named a Minnesota Book Award Finalist

 I am so grateful for this news. My goal in writing the book was to make more people aware of these inspirational women and to encourage others. This recognition will help further that cause at time when women’s history and stories are not sufficiently being …

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January 30, 2017 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation is a reality!

. A few weeks ago, I came home from a trip out of state and nearly stumbled over a box frozen to my porch. As I fumbled for my keys in the dark, I realized it must contain my complimentary copies of the book I …

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March 13, 2016March 13, 2016 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

Another Minnesota Winter

Today is a beautiful day in Minnesota. The sun is shining, illuminating a bright, blue sky. Freshly fallen snow covers trees, houses, and all open spaces with a whiteness as white as you can imagine. These are the pleasant remnants of Thursday’s blizzard. The storm …

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February 23, 2014February 23, 2014 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

Guess Who Flew Into the Kitchen Last Night

When I came in from letting my dog out the other evening, a moth flew in behind us. Annoyed, I tried to gently catch it in my hand when it landed on the kitchen windowsill. As it stealthy escaped my grasp, its deep yellow, almost …

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September 30, 2013September 30, 2013 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

Helen Hoover: A Writer Not to Be Overlooked

For years, three books by Helen Hoover have sat on my bookshelves next to volumes written by Sigurd Olson. The books by Olson are tattered and dog-eared. I had not even opened Hoover’s books until this summer.

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September 1, 2013September 2, 2013 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

Ares (1999-2012)

Ares passed away December 18, 2012 at the Quarry Hill Animal Hospital in Rochester, MN after valiantly resisting old age. Kris, Harper, and I were with him, along with Dr. Anderson and the amazingly compassionate staff there. He came to us in 2001 from a …

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March 9, 2013April 21, 2013 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

What I Learned From Disney Princesses and Animal Kingdom

I didn’t intend for this blog to be a travelogue, but in late October – only three weeks after returning from Paris and Vienna – I headed to Orlando, primarily for a business meeting. Fortunately, my recent travel companion, Marsha, came along to visit her …

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November 11, 2012April 21, 2013 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

Discovering “French” fries

Benjamin Franklin and I came to the same conclusion about “French” fries after visiting France. Franklin, the first United States envoy to France in the 1770s, discovered pommes frit (fried potatoes) at a dinner hosted by a French pharmacist who made a habit of serving …

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October 7, 2012April 21, 2013 By Virginia Wright-Peterson

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Meet the Author

Virginia M. Wright-Peterson’s first book, Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation, was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in 2017 and a Chinese translation was released in 2018. Her second book, A Woman’s War, Too: Women at Work During WWII (April 2020) reveals vivid stories of contribution and sacrifice, including women serving in every branch of the military and working in vital roles in factories, shipyards, mines, homes, and communities. Many women relocated during the war years, and they were present at every important battle of the war overseas. Virginia Wright-Peterson has searched for stories that challenge our understanding of ourselves and our world. She has been especially committed to collecting, preserving, and sharing women’s stories often missing in published histories, including the daily news. In her search for a broader perspective, she deployed to a military base in Iraq with the American Red Cross and taught as a Fulbright Scholar at University of Algiers. Virginia Wright-Peterson has a Ph.D. in English and currently serves in administration at University of Minnesota Rochester.

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