Historian Camille Guérin-Gonzales, who directed the UW–Madison Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program, was devoted to justice for working people.

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.

Carie Graves was a three-time Olympian and a medal winner for the U.S. women's rowing team.

Community activist and educator Debora Gil R. Casado cofounded the first Spanish-language immersion school in Madison, Wisconsin.

In 1921, author and playwright Zona Gale became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for the play MISS LULU BETT.

Suzy Favor Hamilton is a record-breaking runner, a three-time Olympic athlete, and a vocal advocate for mental health.

Dorothy Davids was a respected Native American educator, author, speaker, community organizer, and activist for peace and justice.

Ada Deer was the first woman to head the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and the first Native American woman from Wisconsin to run for U.S. Congress.

Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leader in critical race theory, introduced the term "intersectionality" to describe the multiple ways people can be oppressed.

Carin Clauss was the first woman Solicitor in the U.S. Department of Labor.