activist, educator, writer; b. Cleveland, Ohio. Bravo attended Cornell University, Cambridge University, and McGill University. She moved to Milwaukee in 1981 where she co-founded the 9to5 Milwaukee chapter in 1982. She served as the national director until 2004. Bravo began teaching women studies at ther University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2004. She Bravo has written several books on issues concerning women and work, including Taking on the Big Boys; she is  co-author of the 9to5 Guide to Sexual Harassment. Bravo also serves as executive director of the Family Values at Work national consortium, a network of state organizations devtoted to work and family balance policies.

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[Source: Submitted by Amanda Page of Alverno College. Interview with Bravo conducted by Amanda Page on Nov. 9, 2011; www.Ellen Bravo.com.]