Amanda Seligman (History and Urban Studies), presented research from her recent project examining the history of North Shore governance in Milwaukee County

USP Affiliate, Amanda Seligman (History and Urban Studies), presented research from her recent project examining the history of North Shore governance in Milwaukee County, The Town of Milwaukee, Glendale, and the North Shore: Exploring the History of Suburban Governance in Wisconsin.

Presentation explores the evolution of governance on Milwaukee's North Shore from the 19th century Town of Milwaukee into the present. It focuses especially on the emergence of cooperation in service provision that is taken for granted in contemporary suburban government practices. Map of North Shore suburbs and Town of Milwaukee.

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.