Angie Brooks
Angie Brooks is best known as the first African woman to serve as president of the United Nations General Assembly.
Ruth Bleier
Ruth Bleier was a neurophysiology professor whose pioneering work showed that there was gender bias in the field of biological science.
Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry, assistant professor of interdisciplinary creativity at the UW-Madison, is a celebrated cartoonist, author, speaker, and instructor.
Carol Bartz
Carol Bartz is the former president and CEO of the internet company Yahoo!
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin was the first woman elected to represent Wisconsin in Congress and the first openly gay senator in U.S. history.
Ineva Reilly Baldwin
Before Ineva Reilly Baldwin championed the “Wisconsin Idea,” she was a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant commander during World War II—the highest rank ever attained by a woman at that time.
Debra Amesqua
Debra Amesqua was the first woman chief of the Madison Fire Department and one of the first women fire chiefs in the country.
Shirley Abrahamson
Shirley S. Abrahamson was the first woman justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the first female chief justice in state history.