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Secretary of State Vel Phillips

Date: 1978
Description: Vel Phillips sitting behind the large Wisconsin Secretary of State desk. An unidentified man is standing next to her.
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Wisconsin Secretary of State Vel Phillips

Date: 02 22 1979
Description: View across desk filled with papers towards Vel Phillips sitting while serving as Wisconsin's Secretary of State.
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Vel Phillips

Date: 08 11 1961
Description: Vel Phillips wearing a striped dress and a tag that reads "We're here for Wisconsin Human Rights Legislation." Phillips was taking part in a sit-in in supp...
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Vel Phillips Receiving an Honorary Poem

Date: 01 03 1978
Description: Liesl Blockstein of the Wisconsin Women's Political Caucus presenting guest-of honor, Vel Phillips, with an honorary poem at a reception at the L'Etoile Re...
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Dreyfus Administration

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Description: Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus (left) and the elected officers of his term: Lt. Governor Russell Olson, Secretary of State Vel Phillips, Treasurer Charles Sm...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary

Date: 12 07 1957
Description: Group portrait of four of the five Wisconsin women given Carol Awards for outstanding civic and community service by the Junior Chamber of Commerce auxilia...
Historical Essay

Desegregation and Civil Rights in Wisconsin

Housing and Racism
Discover the history of the struggle for Civil Rights in Wisconsin

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