May 3, 2004 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson profiles Coya Knutson, the first woman elected to Congress from Minnesota. In May 1954, Coya Knutson stepped to a podium in Moorhead to announce she was running for Congress. Then, in November 1954, Knutson became the first woman elected to Congress from Minnesota. Congresswoman Knutson made a splash in Washington with her plainspoken politics and persuasive personality. But she also challenged the leadership of the newly formed Minnesota DFL party.
May 16, 1990 - On this episode of Take-Out program, host Beth Friend presents a collection of arts and culture items, including an interview with author Gretchen Urnes Beito and Pomegranate Press publisher Kathryn Leigh Scott about book "Coya Come Home: A Congresswoman's Journey," an authorized biography of Coya Knutson - the first woman elected to Congress from Minnesota / An interview with Richard Lack and John Walker on 20th anniversary of Atelier Lack School of Classical Realism / An interview with author Stuart Dybek about book "The Coast of Chicago: Stories" / A tribute to Jim Henson, who unexpectedly passed away on May 16th, 1990.