Lawton, Barbara Barbara Lawton Barbara Lawton, forty-third lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, was the first woman to be elected to that position.
Nichols, Barbara Barbara Nichols Barbara Nichols was the first African American president of the Wisconsin Nursing Association and of the American Nursing Association.
Meir, Golda Golda Meir Golda Meir was a teacher and organizer in Milwaukee before becoming Israel's first female prime minister in 1969.
Blair, Bonnie Bonnie Blair Bonnie Blair is a world record-holding speed skater, a six-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated woman in Winter Olympic history.
Harnack, Mildred Fish Mildred Fish-Harnack Mildred Fish-Harnack was the only American woman to die by Adolf Hitler's direct order for spying on Germany during World War II.
Phillips, Vel Vel Phillips Vel Phillips achieved many firsts, including first woman and first African American to be elected to the statewide office of secretary of state.
Gallimore, Vernice Vernice Gallimore Vernice Gallimore became Milwaukee's first African American policewoman in 1946.
Chapelle, Dickey Dickey Chapelle Dickey Chapelle was the first female American war correspondent to parachute with American troops and the first killed covering combat.
Clark Halyard, Ardie Ardie Clark Halyard Ardie Clark Halyard co-founded the first African American-owned savings and loan association (S&L) and was the first woman president of the Milwaukee NAACP chapter.