Wisconsin Women Making History Wisconsin Women Making History

THEIR STORIES. OUR LEGACY.

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Best known for her work on gender, race, and class, University of Wisconsin graduate bell hooks was a prolific writer, speaker, and scholar.

Nellie Y. McKay

Nellie Y. McKay was one of the first scholars to bring attention to the writing of African American women authors.

Francesca Hong is a professional chef and restaurant owner, as well as Wisconsin’s first Asian American state legislator.

Vel Phillips achieved many firsts, including first woman and first African American to be elected to the statewide office of secretary of state.