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| A Classroom Resource for grades 6-8 |
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| Students use political cartoons of the past to understand bias in the media |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Political poster featuring a female angel, wrapped in a strapless gown and wings, holding a banner over her head with "1915" on it. Billowing clouds and bl... |
| Provides a comprehensive summary of women's history in Wisconsin and contains primary sources from the 16th century to the early 21st century. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Belle Case La Follette by Harris & Ewing used in printed piece. The quote by Robert M. La Follette, Sr., beneath the photogr... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., wearing a black dress and hat and speaking outdoors at an unidentified location. |
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| Description: | A portrait of an elderly Susan B. Anthony. She is known primarily for her leadership in the women's rights movement, but was also an activist for other soc... |
| Editor and Women's Right Activist |
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| Discover the history of Theodora Winton Youmans |
| Community: | Racine |
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| County: | Racine |
| Historic Name: | CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD |
| Reference Number: | 11303 |
| For Immediate Release |
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| The Wisconsin Historical Society recently installed an exhibit, “The Women’s Hour Has Struck, Wisconsin: The First State to Ratify the 19th Amendment.” |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Protesters demonstrating for women's rights parade up and down Fifth Avenue. They had previously been arrested at the White House. |
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| Description: | Five Civics Club members pose in a cardboard automobile in front of a painted backdrop as suffragists. They're wearing period costumes and holding "Vote" s... |
In 1895 sculptress Jean Pond Miner received an unusual honor for a woman of her day: her seven-foot tall allegorical statue "Forward" was given a prominent position at the Wisconsin State Capitol. "Forward" is an allegory of devotion and progress, qualities Miner felt Wisconsin embodied.
In 1895 sculptress Jean Pond Miner received an unusual honor for a woman of her day: her seven-foot tall allegorical statue "Forward" was given a prominent position at the Wisconsin State Capitol. "Forward" is an allegory of devotion and progress, qualities Miner felt Wisconsin embodied.
| Price: | $20.0 |
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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Governor John J. Blaine (left) shaking the hand of Mabel Raef Putnam surrounded by other women of who have come to see the governor sign the Women's Rights... |
| Carrie Chapman Catt: A Life of Service |
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| View Carrie Chapman Catt's glass lantern slides from her travels as an activist for women's rights and world peace. |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke, seated with her hands on her lap. Hand coloring on cheeks. Mrs. Anneke was c... |
| Discover the history of Belle Case La Follete, women's suffrage activist and wife of Bob La Follette. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Ada James (kneeling, far right), of Richland Center, Wisconsin, with friends Mrs. Lucille Tappan Moreland of Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. G.B. Longan, autho... |
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