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| Discover the history of Arthur Davidson and Bill Harley, the boys who built the world's most famous motorcycle company |
| Historian, Activist and Author |
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| Discover the history of historian, activist and author Mildred Fish-Harnack. |
| The Man who Made a New Life for Himself |
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| Discover the history of Joshua Glover, who escaped slavery and made a new life for himself. |
| The Wisconsin Angel |
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| Discover the history of Cordelia Harvey, the "Wisconsin Angel." |
| Discover the history of Belle Case La Follete, women's suffrage activist and wife of Bob La Follette. |
| Discover the history of ecologist and University of Wisconsin professor Aldo Leopold |
| Discover the history of Doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb, founder of the Million Penny Parade. |
| Discover the story of Vel Phillips, the first African American woman to become a judge in Wisconsin. |
| America's First Kindergarten Teacher |
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| Discover the history of Margethe Schurz, who created the United States' first kindergarten. |
| Governor and Progressive |
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| Discover how Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette and the Progressive Movement reformed state government and the Republican Party. |
| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
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| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
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| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
| Pioneer Fur Trader |
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| Brief biography of pioneer fur trader Michael Cadotte. |
| Explorer and Trader |
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| Biography of Daniel Greysolon Sieur Duluth who helped protect the Wisconsin area against raids of the Iroquois. |
| Brief bio of Richard Theodore Ely, professor, economist, social reformer and author who played a votal role in shaping the "Wisconsin Idea." |
| Fur Trader and Murderer |
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| Biography of pioneer fur trader John Baptiste Dubay. |
| Businessman and Historical Society President |
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| Biography of Wisconsin businessman and president of the Wisconsin Historical Society David Clark Everest. |
| Poet and Temperance Advocate |
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| Biography of Wisconsin poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, U.S. Congressman |
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| Brief biography of Civil War veteran and three term U.S. Congressman best remembered for disobeying orders to return fugitive slaves to their owners. |
| 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. |
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