The years 1914-1918 were a time of unusual tension in Wisconsin, as the nations in Europe with which the state's residents identified squared off against one another in a bloody conflict. The sizable German American population, as well as the politically dominant Progressive and Socialist parties, generally opposed American entry into the war in Europe. Wisconsin's most famous politician, Senator Robert La Follette, risked both his reputation and influence first in opposing American entry into the war, and then in opposing ratification of the settlement drafted at the 1919 Peace Conference. Several groups did manage to use the international crisis... more...
| The Spanish flu sweeps across Wisconsin in 1918 |
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| The State Board of Health seeks to contain influenza, 1918 |
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| The Wisconsin Food Administration responds to national food shortages in 1918 |
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| La Follette publicly opposes U.S. entry into the war, 1917 |
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| The U.S. Army seeks volunteers in Milwaukee, 1917 |
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| The aims and plans of the Wisconsin Federation of Women Wage Earners |
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| The end of war marked by a parade in Sturgeon Bay, 1918 |
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| Suffrage publications from the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association |
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| Patriotic songs to welcome home the troops |
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| Wisconsin develops solutions to wartime shortages |
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| Two Wisconsin soldiers write home from the front |
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| Wisconsin's Telephone Brigade solicits support for the United War Work Campaign, 1918 |
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| Wisconsin's National Guard encourages men to enlist |
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| A sketch of the life of Meta Berger |
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| Health suggestions to help contain the spread of influenza in 1918 |
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| A high school biology class organizes a war garden competition, 1917 |
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| A German American professor is tarred and feathered, 1918 |
| Influenza Quarantine sign |
| Descriptions of Wisconsin disasters and catastrophes, 1848-1948 |
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| Julia Grace Wales suggests an influential proposal to end the war, 1915 |
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| Wisconsin's contributions to the war, 1919 |
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| Bringing peace through backyard gardens, 1919 |
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| Supporting the war one meal at a time, 1917 |
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| The Wisconsin men and women who lost their lives during the war |
| Life magazine portrays La Follette as a traitor in 1917 |
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| Milwaukee's former mayor speaks out against WWI |
| The Board of Health reports on the flu |
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| President Wilson makes his plea for war gardens, 1917 |
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| Wisconsin Blue Books |
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| Women's contributions to the war effort on the home front |
| The history and effects of the flu in Oshkosh |
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| Discover the life and work of General Billy Mitchell |
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| Online exhibit from the Wis. Veterans Museum |
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| Soldiers from Chilton, Sept. 20, 1919 |
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| Panoramic view of Wis. National Guard ambulance unit, 1917 |
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| Read letters from Wisconsin soldiers in World War One |
