Wisconsin is near a record for women in the Legislature. They still hold barely a quarter of the seats.
Milwaukee Alderwomen Milele Coggs (left) and Chantia Lewis talk in early May inside the Common Council chambers at Milwaukee City Hall. (Photo: Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) The halls of power can be a lonely place for a woman. After being elected the first woman and… Read More
Are We There Yet? Women got the vote 100 years ago, but equality remains elusive
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY Theodora Youmans, a journalist and suffrage leader, helped keep Wisconsin suffragists organized through several state defeats. “We rested for a bit…. But the rest was short.” The pink ballot. There were four statewide referendums up for a vote in Wisconsin on Nov. 4, 1912,… Read More
Wisconsin Group Prepares for ‘Year of the Woman’
Frederica Freyberg: A first look tonight at what people are calling the year of the woman in U.S. politics, but it’s not just an uptick in the number of women running at the federal level. The National Conference of State Legislatures reports the number of women… Read More