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Virginia Wright-Peterson, a native of Rochester, Minnesota, worked in administrative capacities for Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and Arizona for seventeen years and has taught college level English and humanities for thirteen years, including as a Fulbright Scholar in Algeria. She has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and is currently a member of the administrative team at University of Minnesota Rochester. Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation is her first book. A Woman's War, Too, Women's Work During World War II was released in April 2020 and is a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. ...more

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