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| Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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| Margaret A. Farrow, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
| Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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| Nationally recognized social worker, community organizer, who led the successful campaign to restore federal recognition of the Menominee Tribe. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Parade tunic worn by Wisconsin suffrage supporter during Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, 1916. (Museum object #1956.1450) |
| Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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| Read about the woman from Milwaukee's South Side who became Wisconsin's first African American secretary of state. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object - Feature Story |
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| Ballot Box used in Town of Weston, Clark County, Wisconsin, ca. 1915. |
| 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. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| This button was made for Tammy Baldwin’s first campaign for Wisconsin State Assembly in 1992. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Desk used by Milwaukee Alder Vel Phillips, made by the Northwestern Furniture Company for Milwaukee City Hall, 1895. (Museum object #2007.16.1) |
| Civil War Philanthropist, Wisconsin First Lady, Nurse, and Teacher |
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| A brief biography of Wisconsin’s Florence Nightingale, Cordelia Harvey who was a strong voice for innovatring Civil War Military hospitals. |
| Learn about Robert M. La Follette's significant role in establishing the direct primary elections in Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Garnet velvet evening gown worn by Wisconsin First Lady Charlotte McAleer Kohler to President Eisenhower's 1953 Inauguration Ball. (Museum object #1960.211 |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Ornamented bronze cuspidor (spittoon) used in the Wisconsin State Capitol, c. 1915-1955. (Museum object #1955.3600,A-B) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild of Madison, Wisconsin, 1880. (Museum object #1945.960,A) |
| A Record in Documents and Pictures |
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| Discover the history of American politics through the Wisconsin Historical Society's images |
| Learn about Robert M. La Follette's efforts to instill primary elections in the Wisconsin political system, replacing bribery by party bosses. |
| The History of the Movement |
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| Discover how Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette, the Wisconsin Republican Party and the Progressive Movement reformed state and national government. |
| Wisconsin Citizen Petitions |
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