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Woman Talking to a Group of Women

Date: 12 03 1952
Description: A woman talks to a group of women while two men stand in the background.
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Elderly Woman Seated in front of Bookcase

Date: 05 1946
Description: Portrait of an unknown elderly woman seated in front of a bookcase.
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Four Women in Front of a Building

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Description: Four women standing in front of a building. Above them is a railing. One of the women is holding a couple of books in her hands and under her arm.
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Elderly Woman with a Book

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of elderly woman sitting in a chair, holding a book in her lap.
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Women in a Parlour

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Description: Four women are posing sitting in a parlor in front of an organ. One of the women is sitting on the floor holding a kitten.
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Three Women Posing on Window Sill

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Description: Outdoor view of three young women sitting windowsills of two open windows. The woman on the left is sitting in profile facing the two women in the windowsi...
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Women Reading Letter

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Description: Two women stand in front of a house and jointly read a letter.
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Studio Portrait of Two European-American Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two women posing sitting in a chair, looking at a letter held by the woman sitting lower on the right. Both women are wearing light-colo...
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Attorneys Dorothy Baldwin and Emily Dodge

Date: 11 01 1945
Description: Madison attorneys Dorothy Baldwin and Emily Dodge, who organized what is believed to be the only all-woman law firm in Wisconsin.
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Woman with Book of Madison Men and Women in Service

Date: 04 07 1945
Description: Barbara Groves searches through a book of clippings of Madison men and women in service. The stories were published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" and t...
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Woman in a Wheelchair

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Description: Portrait of a woman sitting in a wheelchair indoors.
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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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Olive Davis and Two Other Women

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Description: Indoor portrait of three European American women posing sitting in front of a organ. Several portraits are hanging on the wall. One woman is sitting in a c...
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Wonderful World of Paperback Books

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: An aisle of paperback books in a Madison bookstore. Two women are standing in the aisle.
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First Meeting of Women Library Workers

Date: 01 19 1977
Description: Group portrait of attendees of the organizing meeting of the Wisconsin Women Library Workers. The meeting appears to be in someone's home. From left to rig...
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Paulina Bunyan

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Description: Woman dressed as Paulina Bunyan (female version of Paul Bunyan) standing in the Minirama recreation of the Wisconsin Dells. She holds an axe in one hand an...
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Kelvinator School, Loraine Hotel

Date: 05 11 1934
Description: Woman lecturing to a large group of women at the Kelvinator School, in the Loraine Hotel.
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Librarian with Library Books

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Description: Woman, probably a librarian, paging through a book from a crate stamped "Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Madison, Wis." Several other books are stacked ...
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Two Women Catching Fish

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Description: Two young women wearing waders are standing in a creek or small river. One of the women is holding a net just above the water, while the other women is exa...
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Woman Reading a Book on Birds

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Description: A woman is sitting on a log outdoors. She is holding binoculars in her left hand, and is reading a bird identification book.

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