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Image description: A black-and-white cameo-style photo of Zona Gale.

Zona Gale

In 1921, author and playwright Zona Gale became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for the play MISS LULU BETT.
Image description: A black-and-white photo of Vernice Gallimore sitting with her fellow police officers.

Vernice Gallimore

Vernice Gallimore became Milwaukee's first African American policewoman in 1946.

Yolanda Garza

Yolanda Garza is a Latina community activist and former UW-Madison assistant dean of students focused on supporting Latine students, faculty, and staff.
Image description: A black-and-white photo of Anne Nicol Gaylor sitting at a desk.

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.
Image description: A headshot of Debora Gil Casado.

Debora Gil Casado

Community activist and educator Debora Gil R. Casado cofounded the first Spanish-language immersion school in Madison, Wisconsin.
Image description: An artistic depiction of a Ho-Chunk settlement in the 1700s.

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.
Image description: A black-and-white headshot of Lavinia Goodell.

Lavinia Goodell

Lavinia Goodell was the first female lawyer admitted to the bar of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Image description: A photo of Ann D. Gordon speaking into a megaphone.

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.
Image description: A black-and-white photo of Lucinda Gordon.

Lucinda Gordon

Lucinda Gordon was a civil rights activist who founded an alternative school for teen mothers and advocated for Black art in Milwaukee.
Image description: A portrait-style photo of Carie Graves.

Carie Graves

Carie Graves was a three-time Olympian and a medal winner for the U.S. women's rowing team.
Image description: A portrait-style photo of Ruth Gruber sitting on a chair.

Ruth Gruber

Ruth Gruber was a journalist and humanitarian known for her work documenting the lives of refugees.
Image description: A black-and-white headshot of Camille Guérin-Gonzales

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.