A film by Associate Professor LeAnn Erickson, FMA, was awarded the Ruth Landfield Award at the 2012 Fargo Film Festival.

The award honors films that profile women of courage, conviction and compassion.

Erickson’s film, Top Secret Rosies, shares the little-known story of a group of female mathematicians who did secret ballistics research for the U.S. Army during WWII.

A letter to Erickson from festival organizer Emily Beck says, “Ruth Landfield was a tremendous advocate and supporter of women in the arts in the Fargo-Moorhead community. The first time I screened your film, I was moved and inspired. I know Ruth would have felt the same.”

Erickson says she continues to travel with the film, including a screening at the Google headquarters in California.

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