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Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 109, number 3, spring 2026
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This issue highlights America250 with a cover story by John Kaminski on the 55-year work by the Center for the Study of the American Constitution to document the history of the ratification of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Also included: a profile of State Senator Clifford “Tiny” Krueger; a tribute to US Army nurse Second Lieutenant Ellen Ainsworth, the only woman from Wisconsin to die from hostile fire in World War II; and an excerpt from Forward for the People by Senator Fred Risser and Doug Moe.
Wisconsin Magazine of History is a quarterly journal of Wisconsin history published by the Wisconsin Historical Society since 1917. The magazine publishes articles about the people, places, and events of Wisconsin’s past.
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