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Snatched from the midst of a dog fight among “horsey-dogs” when she was four years old, a little Minnesota girl finds her voice by owning her differences and standing up for her beliefs. But how did she navigate from the Midwest to Wall Street Megacases, to Motherhood and back, and through Medical Miracles? What motivated this unworldly, mid-century, mid-American to take such bold tacks, confront gender prejudices and odds against her, and reinvent herself at every turn?

Uncharted Waters: Inspired by the Seemingly Impossible details Ann’s personal journey through Minnesota and the Midwest: from a childhood fascination with challenge, to high school advice always to reach up, to collegiate honors in male-dominated majors and as one of the few student presenters at the first Earth Day, through law school and Law Review in a class that was only 6% female, and then to a coveted federal appellate clerkship among the first women to so serve. It is a journey of adrenaline, perseverance, and reinvention … a journey on Uncharted Waters that was motivated by a secondborn’s desire to know “why,” ability to adapt, and resolve for self-sufficiency. Strengthened by setbacks that motivated her to reach higher, she repeatedly witnessed, then pursued, the “seemingly impossible” – an empowering mindset that, along with good humor and wit, ultimately steered her through a multiplicity of firsts.