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News Release

June 7, 2019 - Media Advisory: 100 Year Celebration of 19th Amendment on Monday, June 10 at the State Capitol

For Immediate Release
The Wisconsin Historical Society will be celebrating the 100-year celebration of Wisconsin ratifying the 19th amendment.
Historical Essay

Carrie Chapman Catt - Image Gallery Essay

Carrie Chapman Catt: A Life of Service
View Carrie Chapman Catt's glass lantern slides from her travels as an activist for women's rights and world peace.
Classroom Material

Understanding Bias

A Classroom Resource for grades 6-8
Students use political cartoons of the past to understand bias in the media
Feature Story

2021 Museum Exhibit Award Winners Announced

The 1906 Cambridge Historic School Museum and the Neville Public Museum have received the 2021 Museum Exhibit Awards.
Print

Mrs. Cordelia A.P. Harvey

Date: 1866
Description: Head and shoulders engraving of Cordelia Harvey.
Photograph

Petitions on Display at the General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 1932
Description: Caption from the Wisconsin Magazine of History: "Eight million petitions on public display in Geneva."
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Class

Date: 06 1875
Description: The University of Wisconsin Class of 1876 on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall). Prominent members of the class included Richard B. Dudgeon...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Class

Date: 06 1875
Description: The University of Wisconsin Class of 1876 photographed on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall). Prominent members of the class included Richa...
Online Store

Our I Will Vote key chain is an exclusive Society design. The historical image is from a poster made from an engraving, circa 1910.

Our I Will Vote key chain is an exclusive Society design. The historical image is from a poster made from an engraving, circa 1910.

Price: $9.95
News Release

May 21, 2019 - Celebrate Wisconsin Being the First State to Ratify the 19th Amendment on June 10 at the Capitol

For Immediate Release
On June 10, 1919, Wisconsin officially became the first state to ratify the 19th amendment which would give women the right to vote.
News Release

May 21, 2019 - Celebrate Wisconsin Being the First State to Ratify the 19th Amendment on June 10 at the Wisconsin State Capitol

For Immediate Release
On June 10, 1919, Wisconsin officially became the first state to ratify the 19th amendment which would give women the right to vote.
Online Store

Get ready for voting season <em>and</em> celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote with our Society exclusive <em><b>I Will Vote</b></em> t-shirt!

Get ready for voting season and celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote with our Society exclusive I Will Vote t-shirt!

Price: $24.95
Online Store

Get ready for voting-season and celebrate the centennial anniversary of women's rights to vote with this mug, exclusively from the Wisconsin Historical Society! The historical image is from a poster made from an engraving, circa 1910.

Get ready for voting-season and celebrate the centennial anniversary of women's rights to vote with this mug, exclusively from the Wisconsin Historical Society! The historical image is from a poster made from an engraving, circa 1910.

Price: $12.95
Feature Story

2019 Capitol Ornament

2019 Capitol Ornament is Now Available!
The 2019 Wisconsin State Capitol ornament, presented by the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, is now available!
Photograph

Mrs. Katherine McCullough Speaking in Sister Bay

Date: 06 27 1912
Description: Suffragist Mrs. Katherine McCullough speaking to a gathering in front of the store and post office run by Mrs. W. Bunda in Sister Bay.
Historical Object

Manchester Massacre Handkerchief

Date: 1819
Description: A commemorative handkerchief created by a wood engraving on white cotton fabric. The scene is the Manchester Reform Meeting, in England. A crowd of demonst...
Photograph

Clara Barton

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Clara Harlowe Barton. On April 20, 1862, after the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas), she established an...
Historical Essay

Politics and Elections — Image Gallery Essay

A Record in Documents and Pictures
Discover the history of American politics through the Wisconsin Historical Society's images

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