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Ada Deer

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Ada Deer.
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Ada Deer

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Description: Portrait of Ada Deer sitting at a desk.
Biographical Book Excerpt

Deer, Ada, E.

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Deer, Ada, E.

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Deer, Ada, E.

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Deer, Ada, E.

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Ada Deer with Group

Date: 10 02 1992
Description: Congressional candidate Ada Deer, on the left, standing behind a podium holding hands with a group of people with their arms raised. The group includes Al ...
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Deer, Ada, E.

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Feature Story

Ada Deer Receives 2007 'Robert and Belle Case La Follette Award for Distinction in Public Service'

Wisconsin History Maker Award
Nationally recognized social worker, community organizer, who led the successful campaign to restore federal recognition of the Menominee Tribe.
Feature Story

Ada Deer

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Ada Deer, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Property Record

1025 W. Johnson Street

Community: Madison
County: Dane
Historic Name: Educational Science Building
Reference Number: 241096
Historical Essay

Deer, Ada, 1935 --

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Menominee Tribal Restoration

Date: 04 22 1975
Description: Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton signing the documents that restored tribal status to the Menominee Indians. Watching the ceremony are Senator Gaylo...
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YWCA Benefit Tea

Date: 05 25 1956
Description: Attending the YWCA Benefit Tea for internationally speaking foreign students in costume of their native land are, left to right: Judith Ahana, Honolulu Haw...
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Governor's Youth Advisory Board

Date: 04 24 1953
Description: Youth advisory board, a part of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights. Standing, left to right, are: David Willette, Chippewa Falls; Richard Rosenweig,...
Feature Story

Wisconsin History Maker Award

View of list of individuals who received the Wisconsin History Maker Award between 2006 and 2010.
General Information

Women's History Month 2018

Events, Information, Books and more for Celebrating Wisconsin Women's History
Historical Essay

American Indians in Modern Wisconsin

The Changing Status of the Native Americans
Read about Wisconsin's Indian tribes and their changing legal status throughout the 20th century.
General Information

Share Your Voice: Madison (Black History Month)

African American history celebrated as area residents discuss the Society's plans for a new Wisconsin history museum
African American history celebrated as Madison area residents discuss plans for a new museum

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