Wisconsin Women Making History Wisconsin Women Making History

THEIR STORIES. OUR LEGACY.

On June 10, 1919, Wisconsin became the first to ratify the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women's suffrage, or the right to vote.

Olympia Brown

Olympia Brown was the first woman to be ordained a minister in the U.S. and was president of Wisconsin’s Woman Suffrage Association for 28 years.

Ada James was a Wisconsin suffragist leader who worked for women’s rights and other reforms in the early 20th century.

Women’s suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt was very important in getting the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution passed.