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May Shiga Hornback

County: Dane

Japanese American nursing educator Dr. May Shiga Hornback introduced innovative televised and telephone-based nursing instruction to students across Wisconsin.

Categories: Education, Health

Tags: Asian American, nurse

Patricia “Patty” Loew

Patricia "Patty" Loew is a celebrated journalist, filmmaker, and educator about Native Americans in Wisconsin.

Categories: Activism & Social Change, Agriculture & Environment, Education, Journalism

Tags: author, filmmaker, Native American, Ojibwe, professor, UW

Mountain Wolf Woman

Mountain Wolf Woman's autobiography was one of the earliest firsthand accounts of the experiences of a Native American woman.

Categories: Journalism

Tags: author, Ho-Chunk, Native American

Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill

Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill was the second Native American woman in the US to earn a medical degree and was the primary caregiver for the Oneida Reservation for many years.

Categories: Health

Tags: doctor, Mohawk, Native American, Oneida