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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Oscar Mayer Company Laboratory

Date: 1938
Description: Two man and one woman are working in the laboratory of the Oscar Mayer Company plant. In the foreground the woman is writing in a book at a desk with a tel...
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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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Interior of a Train Station

Date: 04 2010
Description: A woman is on her cellphone in the foreground, while two women run up the escalator in the background.
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Posing for Pictures Outside of the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A woman in a black coat is taking a picture with her phone of another woman in a blue blazer, who is standing in front of a metal barrier fence. They are i...
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Check-in at the Airport

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey (right) at the check-in counter at a Wisconsin airport. This view from behind the counter shows a woman checking his ticket and t...
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Office Work

Date: 1950
Description: Women office workers file and take phone calls in a busy shared work space.
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Three Women in Office

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Description: Three women seated in front of a roll-top office desk, possibly the office of John Forbes over the old Fire Hall. A covered typewriter on the table and a t...
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Woman Working in Insurance Office

Date: 11 19 1927
Description: Young woman sitting at a typewriter, presumably a staff employee, in the office of the Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women workers in an Oscar Mayer Company test kitchen and laboratory. A low wall is separating two women working at desks on ...
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Writing a Note

Date: 1950
Description: A woman writes a note at a small writing desk in her kitchen.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company's main switchboard. Thirty five operators, all women, handle all toll calls.
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American Optical Company

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Slightly elevated view of three women in the order department at the American Optical Company, located on 429 State Street. Two women are standing at a cou...
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Welcome: The Wall Street Journal

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Two women are standing on either side of a large welcome sign from "The Wall Street Journal." The woman on the left is holding a phone in her hand and is w...
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Switchboard Operators at the Telephone Exchange Office

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Description: Indoor group portrait of an office space. with two women posing sitting at a telephone switchboard, and another woman posing standing. The woman standing i...
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Community War Chest Office

Date: 1945
Description: Three women work in the Community War Chest office. One of the women is typing and one is about to use the telephone. A sign on the wall behind the women r...
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Camp Randall Stadium Ticket Office

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Interior view of the new University of Wisconsin ticket office in Camp Randall Stadium.
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Truax Field Soldiers making Telephone Calls

Date: 12 17 1942
Description: View of a group of men and a woman. Some of the men are dressed in overalls and are using telephones in a bank of telephone booths at Truax Army Air Field....
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F.H. Smith Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of F.H. Smith, proprietor of a local and long distance telephone company, bicycle shop, and dry goods business in Pardeeville, Wisconsin, with a...
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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Virginia Dymond and Frances Hurst sitting in the home of Virginia and Russell Dymond at 2805 Ridge Road, one of the houses on the League of Women Voters' b...

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