Lorena "Hick" Hickok was a journalist during the U.S. Great Depression and a close friend of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Edna Ferber was a short story writer, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist who portrayed strong women characters.

Mee Moua was the first Hmong American to be elected to a state legislature in the U.S.

Ellen Kort was Wisconsin’s first poet laureate.