Discover the history of Arthur Davidson and Bill Harley, the boys who built the world's most famous motorcycle company |
Historian, Activist and Author |
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Discover the history of historian, activist and author Mildred Fish-Harnack. |
The Man who Made a New Life for Himself |
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Discover the history of Joshua Glover, who escaped slavery and made a new life for himself. |
The Wisconsin Angel |
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Discover the history of Cordelia Harvey, the "Wisconsin Angel." |
Discover the history of Belle Case La Follete, women's suffrage activist and wife of Bob La Follette. |
Discover the history of ecologist and University of Wisconsin professor Aldo Leopold |
Discover the history of Doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb, founder of the Million Penny Parade. |
Discover the story of Vel Phillips, the first African American woman to become a judge in Wisconsin. |
America's First Kindergarten Teacher |
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Discover the history of Margethe Schurz, who created the United States' first kindergarten. |
A Companion Piece to "The Misunderstood Mission of Jean Nicolet" by Patrick J. Jung |
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Educational companion piece for grades 3-5 myth-busting the story of Jean Nicolet |
Milwaukee's Desegregation and Fair Housing Movement |
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Discover the life and times of activist Juanita Adams |
Teaching about the Underground Railroad and Fugitive Slave Law in Wisconsin |
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Teaching about the Wisconsin migrant farmworker movement |
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Governor and Progressive |
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Discover how Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette and the Progressive Movement reformed state government and the Republican Party. |
Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
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Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
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Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
Pioneer Fur Trader |
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Brief biography of pioneer fur trader Michael Cadotte. |
Explorer and Trader |
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Biography of Daniel Greysolon Sieur Duluth who helped protect the Wisconsin area against raids of the Iroquois. |
Brief bio of Richard Theodore Ely, professor, economist, social reformer and author who played a votal role in shaping the "Wisconsin Idea." |
Fur Trader and Murderer |
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Biography of pioneer fur trader John Baptiste Dubay. |
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