 Hi everyone, thanks for joining us. The Brainerd School District wanted a way to honor women who have gone through the district and have made an impact in the world around them. Last night as part of Women's History Month, 20 women were inducted in the inaugural Legendary Women of Brainerd Public Schools exhibit. Reporter Rachel Johnson has more. The dictionary defines a legend as someone who is known for doing something extremely well and impacting the world around them. Grit. Perseverance. Self sacrifice. The 20 women who were inducted into the inaugural Legendary Women of Brainerd Public Schools exhibit exemplified just that. Just any number of things, just amazing, amazing women. Last year a group of representatives from the Brainerd Public School District came together with a plan to honor legendary women that attended Brainerd Public Schools. We probably started meeting about six months ago and thought what could we do to lift up women that have graduated from Brainerd Public Schools and how can we showcase and lift them up and share their stories. They started by asking the public for names. We had a list of between 85 and 90 names and we called it down by year of graduation, their contribution and their category. The 20 inductees have careers across the country that span from municipal math teacher to the military to book authors to athletics. We wanted a range, we wanted diversity in walks of life, in ages, in passions, in career paths. Each woman honored was surprised and humbled. Most of them said, me, why me? I was very surprised. Yeah, very surprised. I didn't expect it because there's so many people that have done things bigger. The importance of the exhibit could be felt in the room. What's being put together here to archive women who have come through these buildings to inspire more young women and girls and even boys. If we can be lifting each other up, sharing each other's stories, it matters. They hope by having this exhibit at the high school, it will inspire the students that walk the halls. This exhibit for the young women that walk in these hallways every single day. If she can see her, she can be her and you know, to inspire, to inspire and empower. That sense of I can do it, if somebody else can do it, I can do it too if I just take a little risk. Just with a little bit of effort, you know, there's countless possibilities out there. The committee hopes to make this an annual tradition and induct more legendary women each coming year. She believed she could, so she did. Reporting from Brainerd, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. The exhibit will be on display in the media center at Brainerd High School at least through the end of May. Anyone is welcome to view it Monday through Friday during school hours. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.