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After the Civil War, the first women's suffrage conference held in Wisconsin took place in October 1867 in Janesville. That year, a women's suffrage amendment passed in the state legislature and waited to pass the second year. However, in 1868 the bill did not pass again. The Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association (WWSA) was reformed in 1869 and ...
In 1884, a women's suffrage bill, allowing women to vote for school-related issues is passed. In 1886, voters approve the school-related suffrage bill in a referendum. The first year women vote, 1887, there are challenges to the law that go on until Wisconsin women are allowed to vote again for school issues in 1902 using separate ballots.
Sarah Cooper. Taycheedah Correctional Institution is a prison in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin near the Town of Taycheedah. Established in 1921, it was known as Wisconsin Home for Women until 1975. The facility houses maximum-security and medium-security adult females, with an average population of 936 as of May 2019. [1]
In an unofficial tally from news coverage and advocacy group reports, Wisconsin Watch counted 20 Wisconsin homicide cases since 1990 in which Hmong men have killed their intimate partners and, in ...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Elizabeth Cady Stanton ( née Cady; November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to be called for the sole ...
Brendan Pierson. June 26, 2024 at 5:56 PM. By Brendan Pierson. (Reuters) - Wisconsin's highest court is expected to agree to hear a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood asking it to recognize a right to ...
Gwen Moore. Gwendolynne Sophia Moore (born April 18, 1951) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 4th congressional district since 2005. In 2016, Moore was elected to serve as caucus whip of the Congressional Black Caucus [1] for the 115th United States Congress. [2] [3] She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The case, known as Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Schimel, was appealed to the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals by Wisconsin's then-attorney general, Brad Schimel. In November 2015, the 7th Circuit upheld the U.S. district court ruling. The state's primary argument in defense of the admitting privileges requirement centered on women's health.