Josie Carter led Wisconsin’s first known LGBTQ+ uprising, eight years before the Stonewall riots.

Hildegarde Sell was one of the first international music stars and is known as one of the best cabaret singers of all time.

Judy Greenspan is a lifelong activist, known for being one of the first out lesbian political candidates in the United States.

Kashoua Kristy Yang is the first Hmong person to be elected without appointment as a judge in the U.S. and the first Asian American judge elected without appointment in Wisconsin.

JoCasta Zamarripa was the first Latina and first out bisexual member of the Wisconsin State Legislature and Milwaukee Common Council.

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

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

Angela Lang is a community organizer in Milwaukee and the founder and executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities.

Lorena "Hick" Hickok was a journalist during the US 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.