Date: | 01 03 1979 |
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Description: | Vel Phillips, wearing a grey outfit is standing at a podium holding up her right hand near Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Bruce Beilfuss standing on... |
Date: | 1971 |
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Description: | Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and... |
Date: | 04 08 1961 |
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Description: | Vel Phillips stands while speaking with Arthur Goldberg, former Secretary of Labor and, at the time of the photograph, Supreme Court Justice. Another man c... |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Desk used by Milwaukee Alder Vel Phillips, made by the Northwestern Furniture Company for Milwaukee City Hall, 1895. (Museum object #2007.16.1) |
Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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Read about the woman from Milwaukee's South Side who became Wisconsin's first African American secretary of state. |
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