Notable Wisconsin Women

Notable Wisconsin Women, PDF

Tammy Baldwin, US Representative
Lynda Barry, Cartoonist
Meta Schlichting Berger, Activist and Socialist
Belle Boyd, Civil War Spy
Esther Bubley, Photojournalist
Kathryn Casey, Crime Novelist
Carrie Chapman Catt, American Women’s Suffrage Leader
Dickey Chapelle, Female War Correspondent
Kathryn F. Clarenbach, First NOW Chairperson
Ellen Corby, Actress
Tyne Daly, Actress
Danae Davis, CEO PEARLS for Teen Girls, Milw. Non-Profit
Ada Deer, Native American Activist
Alyson Dudek, Olympic Bronze Medalist in Speed Skating
Zona Gale, Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Callista Gingrich, President of Gingrich Productions
Hon. Patrica Gorence, Judge
Sandra Gregory, Air Force General
Cordelia Harvey, Civil War Philanthropist, Wisconsin First Lady, Nurse, and Teacher
Beth Heiden, Olympic Bronze Medalist in Bicycle Racing
Ella Hobart, Army Chapalin
Gwen Jorgensen, Professional Triathlete and US Olympian
Jane Frances Kaczmarek, Actress
Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America 2012
Anne Alinder Korbel, First Women to Enlist in WAC (Women’s Army Corps)
Belle Case La Follette, Woman’s Rights and Peace Advocate
Gerda Lerner, Founder Women’s History
Marissa Mayer, Business Leader, Engineer, Computer Programmer
Chellsie Memmel, Olympic Silver Medalist in Gymnastics
Mary Ann Menard, Wisconsin’s First Female Doctor
Gwen Moore, Congresswoman
Glory of the Morning, Winnebago/Ho-Chunk Indian Chief
Jessica Nelson North, Author
Georgia O’Keeffe, Artist
Nancy Olson, Actress
Danica Patrick, Race Car Driver
Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Gold Medalist in Bike Racing
Electa Quinny, Wisconsin’s First Public School Teacher
Margarethe Schurz, Founder of First Kindergarten in U.S.
Juliet Severance, Doctor and Radical Advocate
Mona Simpson, Award-winning novelist and Professor
Gwen Jorgensen, Professional Triathlete and US Olympian
Greta Van Susteren, Anchorwoman, Forbes 100th Most Powerful Women 2014
Julia Grace Wales, WWI Pacifist
Jane Wiedlin, Singer
Ella Wheeler-Wilcox, Poet
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Author
Theodora Winton Youmans, Woman’s Suffrage Activist