The Struggles at Home |
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Discover the how American patriotism during World War I led to Xenophobia and fear of Germans. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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“Sons in Service” flag from the Washbush home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1917-1918. (Museum object #1985.34.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Influenza quarantine placard, c. 1910-1924, from the period of the "Spanish flu" epidemic. (Museum object #1978.404.50) |
Learn about the Lithuanians who emigrated to Wisconsin in the early 20th century and again after World War II. |
An Insubordinate General Educates his Superiors |
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Discover how Milwaukee's General William Mitchell was charged for insubordination when he warned the U.S. military of an impending new threat. |
Learn about the history of Arab communities in Wisconsin. This article includes statistical data on countries of origin and the process of assimilation. |
Learn about the Hungarian immigrants who came to Wisconsin from the 19th century through the post-World War II era. |
The Midwestern Heritage of One of the 20th Century's Greatest Poetic Innovators |
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Discover literary giant Ezra Pound's connection to the frontier wilds of Wisconsin. |
Read about the Home for Women, a reformatory for women aged 18 -31, and the State Prison for Women, which became the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. |
A History of Disease in Wisconsin |
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Read this informative collection of all the outbreaks and epidemics in Wisconsin's history. |
Read about the creation and early success of the famous Ringling Brothers circus founded in Baraboo, Wisconsin. |
Wisconsin and the Invention of the Car |
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Discover how Wisconsin's influence on the automobile and tourist culture. |
Journalist, Clubwoman, Philanthropist, |
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Brief biography of Ruth Miriam Kohler [De Young] (1906-1953) |
A Real-life Adventurer From the Dairy State |
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Was Beloit's Roy Chapman Andrews the real life model for Indiana Jones? |
Brief timeline of Wisconsin history from 1900 to 1999. |
The History of Modern Immigration in Wisconsin |
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Discover the economic and cultural changes that brought new immigrants to Wisconsin in the 20th century. |
Read the history of Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin, a unique a community developed by formerly enslaved African American slaves in the mid-19th century. |
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