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| This Milwaukee born woman successfully advocated for progressive reforms in the educational system and was influential in the Milwaukee socialist movement. |
| This woman was the wife of "Fighting Bob" La Follette. Read about her influence in politics, specifically in the woman's suffrage and pacifist's movements. |
| Read about this Wisconsonite, whose leadership in the Women's Suffrage Movement helped Wisconsin become the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | A copy of the Constitution of the National Woman Suffrage Association, which was attached to a letter from Susan B. Anthony to Matilde Franziska Anneke. |
| Date: | 02 17 1872 |
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| Description: | Political cartoon depicting a woman on a rocky path carrying two children and a drunken husband on her back being tempted by Victoria Woodhull depicted as ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Victoria Woodhull. The drawing was done during her marriage to John Biddulph Martin. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Formal oval-framed group portrait of Vida James, Ada James and Beulah James. Ada James (center back) later became active in the Wisconsin Women's Suffrage ... |
| Date: | 03 1849 |
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| Description: | Section 1 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote.... |
| Date: | 03 1849 |
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| Description: | Section 2 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote.... |
| Date: | 03 1849 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 122 of 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote. ... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt at about age 14. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as w... |
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