Anne Nicol Gaylor was an activist who worked to make abortion legal for Wisconsin women and to protect the separation of church and state.

Jewish activist Hannah Rosenthal served as a U.S. special envoy to work against antisemitism.

Sister Joel Read served for 35 years as president of Alverno College and became widely known and respected for her innovative education reforms.

Elected by the La Crosse Area Synod in 1992, Rev. April Ulring Larson became the first female Lutheran bishop in North America and the second in the world.

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.