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T-shirt celebrating Wisconsin’s pioneering Lesbian & Gay Rights legislation

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Bonnie Augusta wore this shirt to the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights
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Lloyd Barbee

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Lloyd A. Barbee, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Vel Phillips Receives 2006 'Robert and Belle Case La Follette Award for Distinction in Public Service'

Wisconsin History Maker Award
Read about the woman from Milwaukee's South Side who became Wisconsin's first African American secretary of state.
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Ada Deer

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Ada Deer, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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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.
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Carson Gulley

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Carson Gulley, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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David Carter

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
David Carter, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Donna Burkett and Manonia Evans

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Donna Burkett and Manonia Evans, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Mathilde Anneke

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Mathilde Anneke; Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Ben Barkin

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Ben Barkin, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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The Most Important Item I Ever Cataloged

The 3” x 5” card read, “Bill of sale of a negro girl, dated June 6, 1814, by Benjamin Bealk and Rebecca Holt to Michael Lacroix, of Louisiana.”
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Jesús Salas

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Jesús Salas, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Ezekiel Gillespie

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Ezekiel Gillespie, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Lucía Nuñez

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Lucía Nuñez, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Jerome P. Arbuckle

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
Jerome P. Arbuckle, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
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Maria Luisa Morales

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Maria Luisa Morales, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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We've Been Here All Along: Early Gay History in Wisconsin

An excerpt from the R. Richard Wagner book, published by the Wisconsin Historical Society press
An excerpt from the R. Richard Wagner book "We've Been Here All Along: Early Gay History in Wisconsin" published by the Wisconsin Historical Society press
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Black Pride, Peoples Beer Cans

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These two beer cans are emblematic of a particular moment in Wisconsin and United States social and brewing history.
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Women's Suffrage | BIG History

Join us in the celebration of Woman Suffrage in Wisconsin!
On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment went into effect and citizens of the United States could no longer be denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
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Markers, Monuments, and Meaning

A Webinar Series
Learn about the role of monumental art in Wisconsin and the nation and investigate the current controversy over historical monuments and markers.

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