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Belle Case La Follette Speaking Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., wearing a black dress and hat and speaking outdoors at an unidentified location.
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Susan B. Anthony

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Description: A portrait of an elderly Susan B. Anthony. She is known primarily for her leadership in the women's rights movement, but was also an activist for other soc...
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Jane Addams

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Ci...
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Group of Women Reading

Date: 1910
Description: A group of women reading in a large room. One woman stands in front of a glass-fronted bookcase against the back wall. The woman wear brightly colored and ...
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Petitions on Display at the General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 1932
Description: Caption from the Wisconsin Magazine of History: "Eight million petitions on public display in Geneva."
Postcard

Votes for Women

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard with a drawing of a well-dressed woman holding a pennant that reads "Votes for Women." Although no date is given, based on the postage price of 1 ...
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Jane Addams

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Description: Portrait of Jane Addams, reading a book. Addams was a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well ...
Property Record

625 COLLEGE AVE

Community: Racine
County: Racine
Historic Name: CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Reference Number: 11303
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Stay safe and celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with our Votes For Women face mask.

Stay safe and celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with our Votes For Women face mask.

Price: $19.95
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Suffragists Picketing on Fifth Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: Protesters demonstrating for women's rights parade up and down Fifth Avenue. They had previously been arrested at the White House.
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The Charles Evans Hughes Alliance Tour

Date: 10 1916
Description: Women who make up the Hughes Alliance, led by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, daughter of Cornelius Vanderbuilt Sr., pose on the back of a train draped with bunt...
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Civics Club Suffragists

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Description: Five Civics Club members pose in a cardboard automobile in front of a painted backdrop as suffragists. They're wearing period costumes and holding "Vote" s...
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Harriett Grimm

Date: 1912
Description: Harriet Grimm speaking from a vehicle bearing a banner that reads, "votes for women." She is stopped in front of T.G. Mandt's wagon shop.
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In 1895 sculptress Jean Pond Miner received an unusual honor for a woman of her day: her seven-foot tall allegorical statue "Forward" was given a prominent position at the Wisconsin State Capitol. "Forward" is an allegory of devotion and progress, qualities Miner felt Wisconsin embodied.

In 1895 sculptress Jean Pond Miner received an unusual honor for a woman of her day: her seven-foot tall allegorical statue "Forward" was given a prominent position at the Wisconsin State Capitol. "Forward" is an allegory of devotion and progress, qualities Miner felt Wisconsin embodied.

Price: $20.0
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Jane Addams

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Description: Profile portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Civ...
Photograph

Jane Addams

Date: 1916
Description: Oval-framed, waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as th...
Classroom Material

Interactive Programs for the Elementary Classroom

Engage your students in the study of Wisconsin history through interactive presentations.
Feature Story

2021 Museum Exhibit Award Winners Announced

The 1906 Cambridge Historic School Museum and the Neville Public Museum have received the 2021 Museum Exhibit Awards.
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Car Full of Suffragists

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Description: Members of the Political Equality League in an early Ford automobile draped with bunting reading "Votes for Women." In the front seat is Mrs. B.C. Gudden. ...

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