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State History Day Topical Prize Results
University of Minnesota - Saturday May 2, 2015
Afro-American History
Olivia Harris
Riaz Kelly
American Indian History
Evie Samuelson
Raistlin Adams, Sebastian Kromschroeder, Zachary
Helgeson
History of Austria & East Central Europe
Henry Jacobs
Wilma Rudolph: Running for more than Gold
“Hallelujah I’m Travelin’!” The Legacy of the Freedom
Riders
Schaeffer Academy
Capitol Hill Magnet School
His Red Nation: Little Crow and the US-Dakota War
Lincoln’s Leadership During the Hangings of 1862
DeLaSalle High School
Fisher Public School
The Complex Political Legacies of Mikhail Gorbachev and
his Leadership in the Soviet Union
Elaea Purmalietis
The Baltic Legacy: Surviving Stalin’s Oppression
Civil War History – Regiment of Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Inc.
Alexiis DeMorest, Logan Johnson
The Missionary Ridge Hero
Townes Nelson, Cyrus Nardhougen, Fatimzahra
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
Ajaraa
Civil War History – Twin Cities Civil War Round Table
Ave Hansen, Lydia White
The Dread Scott Case of 1847
Liberty Nichols, Elizabeth Koetz, Sophie Peterson
The Life of Mary E. Walker
Tallmadge and Geo. H. Elwell Memorial Environmental History Prize
Sophia Manolis
Lois Gibbs: Leader of Love Canal
Emily Harris
See America First: The Leadership and Legacy of Stephen
Mather
Susie Elwell Kurtzman Educational History Prize
Justine Martin
Emma Willard: Pioneer in Women’s Education
Abby Hopp
Oren Gregg
History of Europe Before 1914
Chloe LaFavor-Schmitt, Serena Olsen-Munoz, Maya
Joan of Arc
Wosepka, Fran Zigmund
Stephanie Krause
Florence Nightengale
History of Exploration, 500 CE to 1825 CE
Patrick Stonecipher
Letters of a Spanish Leader: How Hernan Cortez Made a
Friends School of Minnesota
Highland Park Senior High School
Chatfield Public Schools
South High School
Twin Cities German Immersion School
South High School
Seward Montessouri School
Schaeffer Academy
Holy Rosary School
Chatfield Public Schools
Twin Cities Academy
South High School
Buffalo Middle School
Legacy and Conquered the New World
Mateo Peralta, Bryan Arroyo
Global Studies
Elaine Li
Hernan Cortes: Legacy of Conquest
Anwatin Middle School
Giving Vaccination a Shot: Edward Jenner, the Cowpox
Inoculation
Chaska Middle School East
Ellie Puzak
Eli Sage-Martinson, Sam Dale-Gau, Bjorn Holm,
Simon Dungan-Seaver
Emily Hanson
Holocaust History (1933-1949)
Claire Creighton, Mara Caples
Summer Peoples
Raoul Wallenberg Prize in Humanitarian History
Olivia Jahnke, Elle Kaiser
Ingrid Engelhardt, Houadraa Lee, Amanda Hoffman
History of Immigration
Elyse Cooke, Adaire Criner
Emma Sosa
Gaohlee Yang
Labor History
Kaitlyn Maher
Flannery Gilsczinski, Elle Christian, and John Kroska
Margaret Thatcher: Leading Britain to Greatness
Oscar Romero: Marytr for the people, the Archbishop’s
Leadership and Legacy in the Salvadoran Church
National Geographic
Carondelet Catholic School
Open World Learning Community
Bertha Leverton; the 50th Kindertransport Reunion
Adolf Hitler: A Monster in History
St. Francis of Assisi
Zimmerman High School
The Anti-Land Mine Legacy, Through the Leadership of
Princess Diana
Morel: Leadership in the Congo Reform Association
Buffalo Middle School
Immigration, Assimilation, and the Inception of Social
Work: Jane Addams and the Hull House
Jacob Riis
Lau v. Nichols: Leading Educational Rights
Olson Middle School
Rosie the Riveter: Women in the Workforce
Legacy of Reform after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Fire
Leadership and Legacy in America Before the Revolutionary War
Matthew Moorse
Let Freedom Ring
Skye Hampton
Deborah Sampson: America’s Mulan
LGBTQ History
Walker Embser-Herbert
Coming Out, Speaking Out: Harvey Milk’s Inspiring
Legacy
Grace Palmer, Frances Matejcek, Becky NorlingWhat Good are Gay Rights if We’re All Dead: The Impact
Ruggles
of AIDS on the LGBT Equality Movement
Minneapolis History
Caleb Kroeze
Charles Pillsbury: Revolutionizing the Milling Process
while Leading the Milling Industry
Ryan Skow
Charles Loring and Horace Cleveland
Minneapolis Labor History, The Jennifer Alcorn Prize
Levi Roline
Floyd B. Olson
Zachary Anderson
Woody Guthrie: Leading through Music, leaving a legacy
Minnesota History Paper Award
Sarah Hirsch
The Mayo Brothers: Operating on Ideals
Minnesota History
Kathleen Grube, Emma Crosby, Megan Sumera
Leading in Medical Education: The Legacy of the Mayo
Model
Emily Nichols
Soaring to Success: Innovations from the Mayo Clinic
Bagley Jr./Sr. High School
Open World Learning Community
North Lakes Academy
Washington Technology Magnet School
Central Middle School
Duluth East High School
St. Mary’s School Bird Island
North Lakes Academy
Cyber Village Academy
South High School
Calvin Christian School – Blaine
South High School
Chatfield Public Schools
South High School
White Bear Lake High School - North
Keewaydin Community School
Mayo High School
Aero Unit
Minnesota Labor History
Marina Ischida
Julie Cordes, Kendra Nelson
Minnesota’s Laws and Courts
Carly St. Martin-Norburg
Katie Meeker, Liz Hisey, Demery Little
MNHS Collections
Jack Zaic, Mitchell Zaic
Patience Griswold, Gideon Griswold
Quantitative History
Alex Wagenfeld
History of Rural America
Theo Sage-Martinson
Anna Vold
United States Business History, 1852-1930
Luke McGorry
Crystal Lee Sutton – The Real Norma Rae
Francis Perkins: Paving the Way to Better Labor
Cretin- Derham Hall High School
St. Francis of Assisi
Declaring War on the Tobacco Industry
Wahl for Justice; Justice for All
Capitol Hill Magnet
Chatfield Public Schools
James J Hill: All Aboard! As the Empire Builder Opens the
Northwest!
A Cure for Pity: Dr. Gillette and the Founding of the
Gillette Children’s Hospital
Calvin Christian School – Blaine
Great Stalin: The Leadership and Legacy of Joseph Stalin,
the Great Terror, and the Cult of Personality
Salk Middle School
The Leadership of Sigurd F. Olson
The Smith-Lever Act: A Legacy of Extending Knowledge
Open World Learning Community
Minnewaska Area High School
The Legacy of the Five-Dollar Day: Ford’s Leadership in
the Rise of the Middle Class
Veronica Hayes
Martha Harper: The Creation of the Franchise
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Scholarship
Makayla Shepard
The Leadership of Jacob Riis and the Legacy of How the
Other Half Lives
History of Women
Sonia Carroll
Ida B. Wells: The Voice of the Hanging Tree
Molly Decore, Alex Zetah, Maeve Bartell
Margaret Sanger
Creekside Christian Homeschool
Buffalo Middle School
South High School
North Lakes Academy
Lake Harriet Community School
South High School