Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Ellen Clara Sabin
Ellen Clara Sabin (1850-1949) began teaching at a young age, and went on the become one of the leaders in establishing educational institutions in Wisconsin specifically for women. She also helped establish the Wisconsin Federation of...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Sandra Day O'connor
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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British Archeologist Dorothy Annie Elizabeth ("Daisy") Garrod (1892 1968)
Unidentified man; British archeologist Dorothy Annie Elizabeth ("Daisy") Garrod (1892-1968); and unidentified man. Garrod was the first woman to do research on Paleolithic humans, first woman to hold a professorship at Cambridge...
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Merrill L. Tribe, Mary Elizabeth Hickox Mandels (1917 2009), and Dale Sieling
Left to right: Brig. Gen. Merrill L. Tribe, microbiologist Mary Elizabeth Hickox Mandels (1917-2009), and Dale Sieling. Mandels was a leader in bioenergy research and, during her long career at the U.S. Army Natick Research Laboratory in...
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Eugene H. Payne and Mildred Catherine Rebstock (1919 2011)
left to right: Eugene H. Payne and Mildred Catherine Rebstock (1919-2011). Payne was the first person to use chloromycetin on humans and Rebstock, the leader of the Parke-Davis Research Laboratories team, was the first person to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System: Lesson 3: The State of the Criminal Justice System
Students will look at restorative justice as a competing model, learn more about the state of the criminal justice system, and express their opinions about the topic to an elected leader. The prison population has exploded in the United...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Benazir Bhutto
A short, but comprehensive bio and picture of Benazir Bhutto.
Wisconsin Historical Society
[Archived Content] Wisconsin Historical Society: Golda Meir
A short biography of Golda Meir, a resident of Milwaukee in her early years. She went on to become the first female prime minister of Israel and a prominent world leader.