DANIELS. TOMORROW, A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN SAINT PAUL OPENS TO THE PUBLIC, BRINGING A SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT TO MINNESOTA. IT FOCUSES ON THE BEAUTY AND CHALLENGES OF BEING A GIRL IN AMERICA AND THERE'S A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE HISTORY OF WOMEN'S SPORTS IN MINNESOTA. OUR HANNAH FLOOD GOT A SNEAK PREVIEW AND TAKES US INSIDE. SO WE'RE WALKING INTO THE FASHION SECTION OF GIRLHOOD. IT'S COMPLICATED. AROUND 100 HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ARE MAKING A TEMPORARY HOME IN SAINT PAUL, TELLING THE COMPLEX AND BEAUTIFUL HISTORY OF WHAT IT'S LIKE GROWING UP AS A GIRL IN AMERICA. AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A BREADTH OF EXPERIENCES. GIRLHOOD IS NOT A SINGLE THING. AND SO ALL THESE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY, TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ACROSS GENERATIONS, FROM GIRLS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION TO SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS, TO FIGHTING FOR WORKER'S RIGHTS AND CELEBRATING SELF-EXPRESSION. THE EXHIBIT UNCOVERS A SIDE OF BEING A YOUNG WOMAN. LIKE THE EXHIBIT'S TITLE IS COMPLICATED. WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT MAKE UP WHAT WE JUST CASUALLY REFER TO AS GIRLHOOD. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE ITEMS BROUGHT HERE BY THE SMITHSONIAN, THERE'S A SPECIAL PART OF THIS EXHIBIT SET ASIDE AND DEDICATED TO MINNESOTA'S LONG AND RICH HISTORY OF GIRLS BASKETBALL. WE'RE STANDING IN A DREAM COME TRUE. DOROTHY MCINTYRE HELPED BRING THE LOCAL PORTION OF THIS EXHIBIT TO LIFE, AND WAS PIVOTAL IN CREATING GIRLS SPORTS IN MINNESOTA AS WE KNOW THEM TODAY. AS A TEACHER IN THE 1960S, SHE FOUGHT FOR HER FEMALE ATHLETES RIGHT TO PLAY. LATER JOINING THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE, BRINGING GIRLS SPORTS TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR DECADES TO SEE THE RESPECT AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT GIRLS AND WOMEN CAN DO IN SPORTS, AND THE CHANGES THEY CAN MAKE IN THE WORLD. IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE, A DREAM REALIZED AND NOW MEMORIALIZED TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF GIRLS TO KEEP MAKING HISTORY. WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING HERE IS A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE THAT WOMEN AND GIRLS