Rosalie E. Wahl, Associate Justice 1977-1994

Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Annual Membership Reception 2016

Our speaker on today's public affairs program is the newest member of the Minnesota Supreme Court. 1978 Putnam Lecture at Hamline University. University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM

Rosalie Wahl, the first woman elected to the Minnesota State Supreme Court, talks to Peter Shea about the invasion of Iraq, the limits of executive power, international law, civil liberties, the judicial system, and the threats posed to American democracy. Peter Shea says: "My old friend Rosalie Wahl, who died recently, had to keep lots of her opinions to herself while she was on the Minnesota Supreme Court," afterwards, not so much. This interview comes from just after the first bombing of Iraq in 2003.

Rosalie Wahl: A Vision for a Better World traces the life of Rosalie Wahl from her humble beginnings in a one-room school house in rural Kansas to her groundbreaking appointment to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Particular focus is placed on the evolution of her social consciousness.

Special rebroadcast of highlights from the Voices of Minnesota series. Stephen Smith interviews historian Sara Evans, a founder of the womens' studies movement in America, at her home. Catherine Winter interviews retired justice Rosalie Wahl, the first woman on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Dan Olsen hosts Midday.

Rosalie Wahl signs papers and enters the Minnesota Supreme Court race.