Rochester: An Urban Biography, Past, Present and Future – A Book Discussion (via Zoom)

March 7, 6:30-8:00pm

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Rochester, Minnesota’s third largest city, is known as home of the Mayo Medical Center, but what else? Centuries ago, the Dakota and Ho-Chunk peoples gathered along Wazi Ozu Wapka (Zumbro River). European immigrants found their way to the area and a city was built on an economy of wheat and milling. Rochester’s spectacular history is threaded with innovative success and less known struggles. Long ago it was a stopping place for the stagecoach between St. Paul, Minnesota, and Dubuque, Iowa. Today it is a growing community, striving to pave new paths forward.

Mayor Kim Norton and Jamia (Mia) Erickson will discuss Rochester’s past, present, and future with a special focus on equity and opportunity. Virginia Wright- Peterson, moderator and author, is committed to collecting, preserving, and sharing stories that illuminate issues from the past that are relevant today.

Virginia is the author of Women at Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation and A Woman’s War, Too: Women’s Work During WWII. She has a Ph.D. in English and has taught writing for more than fifteen years. Currently, she serves as Vice Chancellor for Finance and Campus Resources at the University of Minnesota-Rochester.

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