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Donna Stein Portrait

Date: 11 30 1953
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Edwin (Donna) Stein. She is sitting on a couch next to portrait prints of herself, and is holding a cigarette. She is wearing a wristwatch...
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Vocational School Speech Class

Date: 02 04 1954
Description: Florence Baskerville directing a speech class at the Madison Vocational school.
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Isabel La Follette and Deborah Sherman

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Isabel La Follette (right) and probably Deborah Sherman, are discussing the Woman's Service Exchange, which Mrs. La Follette started at the Madison Vocatio...
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We Saw You . . . at Opti-mrs Meeting

Date: 04 01 1954
Description: Wives of members of the Downtown Optimist Club organized an auxiliary club called the Opt-mrs. The first luncheon meeting for the group was held at Kennedy...
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We Saw You . . . at Opti-mrs Meeting

Date: 04 01 1954
Description: Wives of members of the Downtown Optimists Club organized an auxiliary club called the Opti-mrs. The group held their first luncheon meeting at Kennedy Man...
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We Saw You . . . at Opti-mrs Meeting

Date: 04 01 1954
Description: Wives of members of the Downtown Optimists Club organized an auxiliary club called the Opti-mrs. The group held their first luncheon meeting at Kennedy Man...
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We Saw You . . . at Attic Angels' Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Annual Attic Angels Association, spring luncheon meeting held at the Blackhawk County Club. Shown are (left to right): Mrs. L.M. Hobbins, Mrs. Mary Esther ...
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We Saw You . . . at Attic Angels' Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Annual Attic Angel Association, spring luncheon meeting held at the Blackhawk Country Club. Shown are members of the board of directors (left to right): Mr...
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Attending a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral is Sister Mary Adelborg of th...
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Minetta Leonard

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Indoor portrait of Minetta Leonard, who will give an illustrated travel talk to the Christian Mothers and Altar Society at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in...
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Manchester's Advertising Department Views Printing Press

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Five women wearing folded newspaper hats while viewing a large printing press on a tour at Madison Newspapers Inc. The five women from the advertising depa...
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We Saw You . . . at PEO Sisterhood Tea

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Members of the PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Sisterhood Reciprocity Board honor First Lady Helen (Davis) Thomson, wife of Wisconsin Governor...
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New York Television Writer Gives Advice to Women

Date: 08 14 1957
Description: Mrs. Joyce Wickware, a former Madison resident, shares some advice to young women planning careers in the field of television. She has spent the past five ...
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Second Place Winner of the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 09 01 1957
Description: Portrait of Henrietta Markham, who won second place for her recipe for apricot bisque in the Wisconsin State Journal cookbook contest.
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Louise Marston, Wisconsin State Journal Society Page Writer

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Portrait of Louise Marston, a writer for the Society Page of the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Railroad Women Honored

Date: 04 23 1958
Description: Pins for 40 years of membership in the grand international auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers were presented by, at extreme right, Mrs. C...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Portrait of Kathleen Russell, county home agent for Iowa County.
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We Saw You at Dietetic Group's Tea

Date: 04 18 1958
Description: Among those attending the Wisconsin Dietetic Association's conference and tea at the U.W. Hospital, were, left to right: Dorothy Hussermann, chairman of th...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell preparing to leave her office in the Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, backing out of a driveway after visiting a rural home in the county.

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