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Marjorie Engelman

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Marjorie Engelman, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Feature Story

Helen Farnsworth Mears

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Helen Farnsworth Mears, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Feature Story

Lutie Eugenia Stearns

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Lutie Eugenia Stearns, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Feature Story

Lou Ringling

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
Lou Ringling | Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
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Liz Fentress

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
Elizabeth Fentress | Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
Classroom Material

Understanding Bias

A Classroom Resource for grades 6-8
Students use political cartoons of the past to understand bias in the media
Historical Essay

Ballot Box Representing Fight For Women's Suffrage

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object - Feature Story
Ballot Box used in Town of Weston, Clark County, Wisconsin, ca. 1915.
Historical Essay

Anita Herrera, 1935-2019

Anita Herrera grew up in a family of migrant farm workers and devoted her career to improving education, employment, and living conditions for people of color in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Ramona Villarreal, 1954 -

Ramona Villarreal is a Mexican American activist who has devoted her life to fighting for equality and justice for people with Mexican/Latinx heritage in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Maria Luisa Morales, 1944 -

Maria Luisa Morales has worked for justice for Latinx communities in Wisconsin since the 1960s
Historical Essay

Debra Amesqua, 1951 -

Amesqua, who became Madison’s first woman fire chief in 1996, was only the seventh woman in the country to lead a fire department
Historical Essay

Dr. Joseph Smith: Early 20th Century Life in Marathon County - Image Gallery Essay

View photographs taken by Dr. Joseph Smith in the early 20th century in and around Marathon County, Wisconsin.

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