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Over 100 years after this pivotal moment in history, we honor the Wisconsin women who worked tirelessly to obtain the vote. The Society has put together this page with stories, images, and artifacts from our suffrage collections.
- Women's History in Wisconsin
1. European Exploration and Fur Trade. Although Indian women...
- Women's History in Wisconsin
Covering the ratification of the 19th Amendment, 1921 Wisconsin Equal Rights Act, 1924 Indian Citizenship Act, and 1965 Voting Rights Act, the eight-panel display shares the important story of women's quest for political rights and recognition through quotes, photographs, and a timeline of events.
23 paź 2020 · Throughout the mid-to-late 1800s, bills granting women suffrage came before Wisconsin’s state Legislature and continuously failed. Seven years before Congress passed the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, Wisconsin’s legislators soundly defeated a referendum for suffrage.
1855. Organized by Mathilde Anneke, Lucy Stone visits Wisconsin to discuss slavery and suffrage: November 9 – 11 in Madison, November 21 – 23 in Kenosha. 1856. First women’s club for suffrage in Wisconsin created in Richland Center. Two WI suffrage papers in existence: Southport Telegraph of Kenosha owned by CJ Sholes. Oshkosh True Democrat. 1857.
In 1975, Senator Kathryn Morrison became the first woman to serve in the Wisconsin Senate. When Senators Melissa Agard, Joan Ballweg, Mary Felzkowski, and Kelda Helen Roys took their seats in January 2021, the total number of women who have served in the senate increased to 35.
Learn about just some of the Wisconsin women who played a pivotal role in obtaining the right to vote 100 years ago and some women who have since worked to advance the rights and recognition of women.
1. European Exploration and Fur Trade. Although Indian women have lived in Wisconsin for thousands of years, the earliest written records about them come from European missionaries, explorers and fur traders who only arrived in Wisconsin less than 400 years ago.
