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X-WR-CALDESC:Monday\, March 28\, 2022\, (8-9 pm ET)  - Kim Heikkila\n\nHist
 ory\, My Mother\, and Me\n\nKim Heikkila was 26 years old when she learned
  she had an older sister. Kim’s mother had delivered her first daughter at
  the Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital in St. Paul\, Minnesota in 196
 1. She relinquished the baby for adoption\, got married a few years later\
 , had two more children\, and enjoyed a long career in marketing…all the w
 hile keeping the story of her first pregnancy a secret. Then\, in 1994\, h
 er eldest daughter found her. For the next 15 years\, Kim’s mother had all
  three of her children in her life\, and in 2006\, became a loving grandmo
 ther to Kim’s adopted son. When she died in 2009\, Kim realized that she h
 ad missed the opportunity to talk to her mother in detail about her experi
 ences as a “Booth girl.” So she set out to learn more about her mother by 
 drawing on her skills as a historian. The result is Booth Girls: Pregnancy
 \, Adoption\, and the Secrets We Kept (Minnesota Historical Society Press)
 \, a multigenerational story of contested motherhood\, equal parts biograp
 hy\, oral history\, history\, and memoir. \n\nIn this talk\, Kim will be j
 oined by her sister (also named Kim) as she shares her research into the h
 istory of Booth St. Paul and contemplates the complicated legacy of adopti
 on on her family story.\n\nAbout Dr. Heikkila\nDr. Kim Heikkila is an inde
 pendent scholar\, oral historian\, author\, and educator. Her article abou
 t “Booth girls” won the Solon J. Buck Award for best article of 2017 for M
 innesota History magazine. Her award-winning personal essays about inferti
 lity\, grief\, and adoption have been published in Broad!\, The Grief Diar
 ies\, Under the Gum Tree\, and elsewhere. Her first book\, Sisterhood of W
 ar: Minnesota Women in Vietnam (Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2011)
 \, was a finalist for a 2012 Minnesota Book Award. She has a Ph.D. in Amer
 ican Studies from the University of Minnesota and taught U.S. history and 
 women’s history courses for more than ten years at St. Catherine Universit
 y. Kim owns and operates Spotlight Oral History.
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DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 28\, 2022\, (8-9 pm ET)  - Kim Heikkila\n\nHisto
 ry\, My Mother\, and Me\n\nKim Heikkila was 26 years old when she learned 
 she had an older sister. Kim’s mother had delivered her first daughter at 
 the Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital in St. Paul\, Minnesota in 1961
 . She relinquished the baby for adoption\, got married a few years later\,
  had two more children\, and enjoyed a long career in marketing…all the wh
 ile keeping the story of her first pregnancy a secret. Then\, in 1994\, he
 r eldest daughter found her. For the next 15 years\, Kim’s mother had all 
 three of her children in her life\, and in 2006\, became a loving grandmot
 her to Kim’s adopted son. When she died in 2009\, Kim realized that she ha
 d missed the opportunity to talk to her mother in detail about her experie
 nces as a “Booth girl.” So she set out to learn more about her mother by d
 rawing on her skills as a historian. The result is Booth Girls: Pregnancy\
 , Adoption\, and the Secrets We Kept (Minnesota Historical Society Press)\
 , a multigenerational story of contested motherhood\, equal parts biograph
 y\, oral history\, history\, and memoir. \n\nIn this talk\, Kim will be jo
 ined by her sister (also named Kim) as she shares her research into the hi
 story of Booth St. Paul and contemplates the complicated legacy of adoptio
 n on her family story.\n\nAbout Dr. Heikkila\nDr. Kim Heikkila is an indep
 endent scholar\, oral historian\, author\, and educator. Her article about
  “Booth girls” won the Solon J. Buck Award for best article of 2017 for Mi
 nnesota History magazine. Her award-winning personal essays about infertil
 ity\, grief\, and adoption have been published in Broad!\, The Grief Diari
 es\, Under the Gum Tree\, and elsewhere. Her first book\, Sisterhood of Wa
 r: Minnesota Women in Vietnam (Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2011)\
 , was a finalist for a 2012 Minnesota Book Award. She has a Ph.D. in Ameri
 can Studies from the University of Minnesota and taught U.S. history and w
 omen’s history courses for more than ten years at St. Catherine University
 . Kim owns and operates Spotlight Oral History.
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LOCATION:Online using Zoom
SUMMARY:History\, My Mother\, and Me - Monday Evening Speaker Series
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