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| Read about this Wisconsonite, whose leadership in the Women's Suffrage Movement helped Wisconsin become the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment. |
| Suffragist and Lecturer |
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| Biography of Jessie Annette Jack Hooper, prominent suffragist in Wisconsin civic reform groups and women's organizations. |
| Suffragist and Minister |
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| Biography of suffragist and Universalist minister Olympia Brown, the first female minister in America. |
| This woman was the wife of "Fighting Bob" La Follette. Read about her influence in politics, specifically in the woman's suffrage and pacifist's movements. |
| This Milwaukee born woman successfully advocated for progressive reforms in the educational system and was influential in the Milwaukee socialist movement. |
| Educator, University President and Author |
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| Brief biography of John Bascom, president of the University of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1887. |
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