WSU Retention List Stories

Most of the WSU library books about gender roles are broad in scope. One book on the Krueger Library retention list is local to La Crosse, WI.

Larson, Margaret. For the Common Good: A History of Women’s Roles in La Crosse County, 1920-1980. La Crosse, Wis: League of Women Voters of La Crosse County, 1996.

Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. This is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.

Naturally, John F. Kennedy’s book Profiles in Courage is widely held and is therefore not on our retention list; however, another book about profiles in courage is not widely held and is on our list.

Perry, Troy D., and Thomas L. P. Swicegood. Profiles in Gay & Lesbian Courage. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991.

Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. This is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.

Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. Here is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.

Works by members of marginalized communities, almost by definition, are likely to be uncommon. Here are two volumes of creative work by members of marginalized ethnic and gender communities.

Baraka, Amiri. The Baptism & the Toilet. New York: Grove, 1969.

Holoch, Naomi, and Joan Nestle. Women on Women 2: An Anthology of American Lesbian Short Fiction. New York: Plume, 1993.