Women's History

A 'Votes for Women' pin in the official colors of the Women's Suffrage Movement - green and purple.

A Suffrage themed enamel pin inscribed with an empowering quote from Christabel Pankhurst.

A perfect pin for the women in your life, get a Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History pin today!

The pin is inscribed with an inspiring quote from Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.

Always remember you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

"Votes for women" refers to the right of women to vote in elections and this ornament commemorates the efforts of those who fought for that right.

Don't let the glass ceiling hold you back . . . break it!

Enamel "VOTE" pin in iconic, retro style. Express yourself with this pin and rock that vote all the way to the polls!

Classically styled "Votes for Women" coffee or tea cup!

This mug highlights Amendment XIX: "The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be abridged by the United States or any other State on account of sex."

This large, beautiful, silk scarf celebrating women's suffrage is available exclusively through the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Wisconsin is known as the home of the Progressive party. But, in the words of a suffragist in 1912, "The last thing a man becomes progressive about is the activities of his wife." Learn more about women's rights to vote and the Wisconsin women who made it possible.

Enslaved, Indentured, Free shines a light on five extraordinary Black women whose lives intersected in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, during seminal years of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

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Paperback, $24.95
302 pages, 38 b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-859-1

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Paperback: $37.95
512 pp, photos
ISBN: 0870203619

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Relish the real-life, epic journey of intrepid Wisconsin voyageur, Clara Pagel, who ventured into the world just prior to the start of World War II, chronicling her travels and the state of the world—from bombings and earthquakes to Mussolini and Gandhi—in more than 100 letters to YWCA members back home.

Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee.

Celebrate the centennial anniversary of women's rights to vote with this mug, exclusively from the Wisconsin Historical Society! The historical image is from a Women's Suffrage poster made circa 1910.

Get ready for voting season, and celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote with our Society exclusive "I Will Vote" t-shirt!

Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with this unique tote bag.

In this Issue: Black Nite Part One; RNC Mayhem; Femineering the Kitchen; The Barn at Little Finland; Book Excerpt: "We Had Fun and Nobody Died"

In this Issue: The Women of Wisconsin Brewing; Tommy Bartlett's Water Ski Show; Door County and Migrant Labor; Book Excerpt: "Sand and Fire"

In this Issue: The story of the All-American Girls Softball League; Raymond Hagen's memoir of growing up on Washington Island; The story of "Stambaugh's Treaty"; book excerpt from "Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement."

Two Trailblazing Black Women in the Republican Party. Wisconsin's "Plaster Doctor: Quack or Cure?" Book Excerpt: "Wisconsin Waters." More!

Zona Gale and the So-called School of Wisconsin Authors. Outside Artist Sid Boyum. Book Excerpt: "Hmong in Wisconsin." More!

Winning Women's Suffrage. Lead Mining & Slavery. Book Excerpt: "Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate." More!

$15.50 and up. Prints can be selected in a range of sizes, from postcard to poster, in paper or canvas. Printed to order and shipped to you. Prices vary with print size and type. Find ordering instructions below.

One of the most well-known photographs in the Society's Historic Image Collection is now a puzzle!

Share in the centennial celebration of the ratification of the 19th Ammendment!

The historical Suffrage movement images are from the Society's historic image collection. Details, below!

In 1895 sculptress Jean Pond Miner received an unusual honor for a woman of her day: her seven-foot tall allegorical statue "Forward" was given a prominent position at the Wisconsin State Capitol. "Forward" is an allegory of devotion and progress, qualities Miner felt Wisconsin embodied.

Paperback: $12.95
104 pages, 56 b/w photos, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204210

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The Bingo Queens of Oneida is the story of not only how one game helped revive the Oneida economy but also how one game strengthened the Oneida community.

Paperback: $22.95
240 pages, 29 b&w and color photos, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-855-3

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Mai Ya's Long Journey follows Mai Ya Xiong, a young Hmong woman, from her childhood in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp to her current home in Wisconsin.

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Paperback: $18.95
240 p, 40 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870206191

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Our I Will Vote key chain is an exclusive Society design. The historical image is from a poster made from an engraving, circa 1910.

Carrie Chapman in stock only. Make a unique statement in your home with these Women's Suffrage posters & prints from historic images related to the women's suffrage.

Paperback: $12.95
120 pages, 43 photos, 6 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203886

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Essays on barflies, fix-it guys, and other eccentric small-town folks come together in a humorous and touching collection that shares the heart of a Midwestern lake community.

Small town Wisconsin native Peggy Prilaman Marxen recounts her family's rural farming life and its evolution from her settler ancestors to the modern day.

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This pin celebrates the determination, hard work of the Suffragette movement to incur the right for women to vote.

Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with the Votes for Women key Chain.

Turn heads at the polls with buttons that celebrate the democratic process.

Paperback: $12.95
144 pages, 83 photos, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204074

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102 pages, 60 b/w photos and illus., 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204562

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Paperback: $12.95
128 pages, 55 b/w photos and 7 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204586

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Paperback: $12.95
128 pages, 45 b&w photos and illus., 1 map
ISBN:9780870206412

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A Badger Biography
Paperback: $12.95
136 pages, 55 B&W photos
ISBN:9780870207327

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Custom Face Mask from the Wisconsin Historical Society. Fashion PPE with a voice.

Stay safe and celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with our Votes For Women face mask.

Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with our Suffrage Centennial mug featuring a graphic design inspired by an historic image from the Woman Suffrage Party. This item is a Society exlcusive!

A Badger Biography
Paperback: $12.95
120 pages, 64 b/w photos and 1 map, 7 x 9
ISBN: 9780870204869

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Paperback: $12.95
123 pages, 65 B&W images, 2 maps, 7x9
ISBN: 9780870207013

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Nancy Oestreich Lurie found a shopping bag filled with letters from her mother's childhood, and they turned out to be historically enlightening and entertaining.

Paperback: $12.95
136 pages, 60 b/w photos, 20 image color gallery
ISBN: 9780870205774

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Paperback: $15.95
224 pages, 24 b & w photos an dillus, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870203220

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Paperback: $12.95
88 pages, 55 photos and illus., 8 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN:9780870203817

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Paperback: $20.00
192 pages, 1 b&w photo, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870208249

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112 pages, 60 b&w photos, 5½ x 8½
ISBN: 9780870207303

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On a gray and drizzly day in 1983, writer Alice D’Alessio and her math professor husband, Laird, made their way down a curving, tree-lined driveway on their way to a picnic. They were visiting 115 acres of land in Wisconsin’s unglaciated Driftless Area that Laird had inherited from his parents. Emerging from the trees, Alice had her first glimpse of the valley that would become a twenty-five-year labor of love for the couple. Details, below.

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Paperback: $20.00
240 pages, 2 maps, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN: 9780870207907

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Mary Kellogg Rice describes a unique Milwaukee project in the post-Depression years which trained thousands of unskilled, uneducated women in the production of a variety of handicrafts.

Paperback: $15.95
168 pages, 41 b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870202728

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A defining document in the women's rights movement in the United States. Author Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a leader in the women's rights movement during the mid to late 19th century.