Zona Gale
In 1921, American author and playwright Zona Gale became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for the play MISS LULU BETT.
Vernice Gallimore
Vernice Gallimore became Milwaukee's first African American policewoman in 1946.
Anne Nicol Gaylor
Anne Nicol Gaylor was an activist who worked to make abortion legal for Wisconsin women and to protect the separation of church and state.
Debora Gil Casado
Community activist and educator Debora Gil R. Casado cofounded the first Spanish-language immersion school in Madison, Wisconsin.
Ho-poe-kaw Glory of the Morning
Ho-poe-kaw, which translates to “Glory of the Morning,” was a Ho-Chunk chief in the 1700s.
Lavinia Goodell
Lavinia Goodell was the first female lawyer admitted to the bar of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Ann D. Gordon
A student activist in the 1960s, Ann D. Gordon became a history professor and an important scholar of women’s suffrage in the U.S.
Lucinda Gordon
Lucinda Gordon was a civil rights activist who founded an alternative school for teen mothers and advocated for Black art in Milwaukee.
Carie Graves
Carie Graves was a three-time Olympian and a medal winner for the U.S. women's rowing team.
Ruth Gruber
Ruth Gruber was a journalist and humanitarian known for her work documenting the lives of refugees.
Camille Guérin-Gonzales
Historian Camille Guérin-Gonzales, who directed the UW–Madison’s Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program, was devoted to justice for working people.