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Ellen Sabin

Date: 11 29 1945
Description: Miss Ellen C. Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Downer College, on her 95th birthday. Miss Sabin was one of America's most eminent woman in the field o...
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YWCA Mortgage Burning

Date: 02 12 1947
Description: Shown taking part in the "burning of the mortgage" ceremony Thursday night at the Madison YWCA are (from left to right): Mrs. C.V. La Duke, who formerly wa...
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Governor Goodland's Body in the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 03 14 1947
Description: Women executive office employees filing past the casket containing the body of Governor Walter Goodland in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Young Women's Christian Association Open House

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Jessie McCanse, President of the Board, and Edna Westerstrom, new Executive Director, sit together to drink a cup of coffee. They were present at the "open...
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Bank of Madison Board of Directors

Date: 05 04 1950
Description: Lucille Colt, a bank clerk and member of the WAC medical corps in World War II, presents an inscribed gavel to Harrison L. Garner, a board member who was r...
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Polio Victims

Date: 08 02 1951
Description: Bonnie Wainscott (left), age 16, and her mother Mrs. Grace Wainscott are greeted by Francis M. Higgins, President of Wisconsin Central Airlines. The Wainsc...
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Madison Women's Service Club Presidents

Date: 02 16 1954
Description: Presidents of the three Madison service clubs for executive women confer on plans for the annual joint meeting of the three clubs. From left to right are: ...
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Sears Roebuck Employees

Date: 02 20 1954
Description: Group portrait of some of the Sears Roebuck employees in Madison who have long terms of service. They hold their statements of shares from the firm's profi...
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Women's Service Exchange

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Sophie Siebecker, Executive Secretary of Family Service, dictates a letter to her secretary Mae Dieden. Dieden received her position through the Women's Se...
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Madison Chapter of National Sales Executives

Date: 09 14 1954
Description: Portrait of three Madison couples taking prominent roles in sponsoring a program featuring two top United States salesmen. The event is sponsored by the Ma...
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Inauguration of Secretary of State

Date: 01 03 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John E. Wise) raises her hand while taking her oath of office before a robed judge. An audience looks on from the background. The origi...
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Sears Profit Sharing Employees

Date: 02 18 1956
Description: Group portrait of the nine members longest in standing in the Madison Sears, Roebuck and Company "savings and profit-sharing pension fund." They are, left ...
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National Sales Executives of Madison Party

Date: 01 12 1957
Description: President Owen and Mildred Slauson are shown admiring a table full of gifts which were presented as special prizes at the National Sales Executives of Madi...
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National Sales Executives of Madison Party

Date: 01 12 1957
Description: Chairmen of the party Warren and Louise Kreunen admire a full sized snowman decoration at the National Sales Executives of Madison party.
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National Sales Executives of Madison Party

Date: 01 12 1957
Description: Shown chatting at the National Sales Executives of Madison party are: J.A. McIlnay, a member of the national board of directors; Virginia Manzer; Pearl McI...
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National Sales Executives of Madison Party

Date: 01 12 1957
Description: Four guests gathered around a table are: Arletta Duquaine; C.L. Duquaine, past president of the National Sales Executives of Madison; L.E. Dewey; and Mrs. ...
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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Dorothy Waite, Assistant Director of Wisconsin Division for Children & Youth, Department of Public Welfare.
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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Margery MacLachlan, Director of U.W. School of Nursing.
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United Givers' Fund Red Feather Services

Date: 10 15 1957
Description: Portrait of the executive directors of the City YWCA and the University of Wisconsin YWCA, one of the Red Feather services of the United Givers' Fund. They...
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United Givers' Fund Red Feather Services

Date: 10 15 1957
Description: Mrs. Cass Williams, executive director of the Black Hawk Council of Girl Scouts, explains the workings of an outdoor stove to Jeanne Matoba. The council is...

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