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| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Staff of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. Several are identified including Ellen Hoffman, Irene Hocks, Hazel Basem, Grace Adams, and Martha Blo... |
| Date: | 03 09 1933 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin students representing the U.W. Student Budget Committee present a petition to Senator Otto Mueller at the Wisconsin State Capitol. ... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Citizens line up at the City Clerk office to register to vote while a woman raises her hand to take the oath. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, activist and leader of the women's suffrage movement. |
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| Description: | A political cartoon entitled "The Hercules of Labor saving his Country" depicting a man with a sword lopping the heads off a double-headed snake, which is ... |
| Date: | 02 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Three University of Wisconsin co-eds sporting "outsize" beauty spots lampooning a fad that is sweeping the country for a stye show sponsored by the Univers... |
| Date: | 09 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd of voters and five curtained voting machines at Ward 10. |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting a Native American Indian holding treaty rights and saying, "Great white fathers are sulking because we won't trade our heritage!". They... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 40 signing a "Joe Must Go" petition to recall Wisconsin's Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. |
| Date: | 10 10 2008 |
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| Description: | A woman is reading "Sarah Palin — A New Kind of Leader" at the entrance of the McCain rally. |
| Date: | 04 13 1954 |
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| Description: | The Dane County Republican Women's Club plans bridge parties to raise funds. Seated at a table, left to right are: Christine Beggs, Helen Karberg, and Fran... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin confers with his aide, Scott Lilly, during a meeting of the House Budget Committee. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey talks on the telephone during a break in the deliberation of the House Budget Committee. Standing above Obey is his aide Scott Li... |
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| Description: | Fred Wertheimer, (fourth from the right) of Common Cause, delivers bags of citizen petitions to Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, (third from the left),... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Helen Notari and Helen Zawacki at a ten-week political skills workshop for seniors held at Neighborhood House. |
| Date: | 03 23 1965 |
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| Description: | Members of Madison's Parent-Teacher Associations are attempting to win favor for the $6,450,000 school bond referendum by distributing booklets citing fact... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Doris Emery addressing the Tribal Council. She spent many years in Tribal Politics and held various positions; Councilperson (12 years), First Tribal Judge... |
| Date: | 10 30 1875 |
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| Description: | A cartoon of a woman representing excellence standing on the steps of Tammany Hall and holding her nose as she looks at the pitiful state of school reform.... |
| Date: | 07 01 1960 |
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| Description: | A group of six smiling postal workers are listening as Floyd Switzky, center, reads the news that Congress voted to override President Eisenhower's veto of... |
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