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Kim Heikkila
Kim Heikkila, Ph.D., is a historian who believes in the power of deep listening and artful storytelling to build bridges between the head and the heart. Her award-winning writing has been published in historical journals and literary magazines. Her most recent book, Booth Girls: Pregnancy, Adoption, and the Secrets We Kept, uses history, biography, memoir, oral history, and creative writing to trace a legacy of contested motherhood. Booth Girls was named a finalist for a 2022 Minnesota Book Award. Her first book, Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam, was a finalist for a 2012 Minnesota Book Award and Hognander Minnesota History Award. She lives in Saint Paul, where she owns and operates Spotlight Oral History.
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Booth Girls: Pregnancy, Adoption, and the Secrets We Kept (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2021)
Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2011)
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