Wisconsin Women Making History Wisconsin Women Making History

THEIR STORIES. OUR LEGACY.

County: Dane

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was the first U.S. woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer sciences and worked to expand access to computers in education.

Lucinda Gordon

Lucinda Gordon was a civil rights activist who founded an alternative school for teen mothers and advocated for Black art in Milwaukee.

Dr. Marci Bowers is an internationally respected surgeon who specializes in gender-affirming surgery and clitoral restoration.

Gwen T. Jackson dedicated her life to serving others and volunteered for the American Red Cross for more than half a century.