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Women in Synchronized Swimming Formation

Date: 05 12 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Dolphin Club women in the Lathrop swimming pool in a synchronized swimming formation.
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Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association Exhibit

Date: 1925
Description: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association exhibit advertised in the storefront of a building in New London, Wisconsin. Two women are looking through the wind...
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Style Show

Date: 02 22 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin Women's Self Government Association style show, showing two women standing, dressed in suits, hats and gloves.
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CUNA Office

Date: 02 04 1947
Description: Man and woman reviewing a document in an office, with three women working in the background at CUNA (Credit Union National Association).
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Madison League of Women Voters

Date: 07 02 1946
Description: United Nations poll, conducted by the League of Women Voters. Image appeared in the Capital Times newspaper.
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Wisconsin Centennial Tea

Date: 10 06 1948
Description: Three women in historic costumes posed at Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs Wisconsin Centennial Tea Party held at the Woman's Building. They are let t...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 21 1976
Description: Group portrait of a woman standing between two men. In the background is a Northwest Airlines airplane. The woman is wearing a crown, and a sash that reads...
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Madison League of Women Voters Convention

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Four women taking part in a skit at the Madison League of Women Voters convention at the Unitarian Meeting House. Left to right are: Mrs. Mary Newgent, Mrs...
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Women of the Red Cross

Date: 1918
Description: Women of the Dunn County Chapter of the American Red Cross posed with sewing machines in the Stout Institute Building.
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Wisconsin League of Women Voters Legislative School Tea

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Wisconsin's governor's wife Helen Thomson, (left) greets Mrs. Ruth Kearl of Madison at a tea in the executive mansion for the Wisconsin League of Women Vot...
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Women of the Freie Geminde

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Description: Women of the Free Congregation (Free Thinkers) of Sauk City, gathered in the basement of their meeting house.
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Associated Women Students' Co-ed Week

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: As part of Co-ed's Week, an event designed to combine features of special interest to college women, two University of Wisconsin women look at displays of ...
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Melvina Krauss and Friends

Date: 1949
Description: Reverend Melvina Krauss (in front wearing a dark dress) posing with three other women. They are probably members of the Western Wisconsin Camp Association....
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Madison Diocesan Convention

Date: 06 08 1965
Description: Three women chatting during the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women convention at Edgewood College. In this group portrait are Mrs. Patrick O'Connor...
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League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: League of Women Voters members Elizabeth Antonius (left), 221 South Owen Drive, and Josephine Jenkins, 2805 Sylvan Avenue, study a map in preparation for a...
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Mt. Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Fifteen men and women pose with their rifles in a indoor rifle shooting range.
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Ladies in the Park

Date: 1925
Description: Group of eight women, probably members of a club, in Vilas Park.
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Madison Woman's Club Play

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Five women in costume, acting in a scene from "Gay Nineties," a skit written by Lorraine Rucker for the Drama and History departments of the Madison Woman'...
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Fashion Show at Memorial Union

Date: 10 14 1964
Description: Three students in modeling poses. The Associated Women Students of the University of Wisconsin presented its annual fashion show in Great Hall. The studen...
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Sign Language Class

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women in a neighborhood near Dean Avenue are studying sign language so that more deaf women can join their homemakers' club. Mrs. Robert Ilten is greeted i...

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