Rachel Szold Jastrow was an active community member, known for her contributions to the suffrage movement and work with many local organizations in Madison.

Theta Mead was the first public health nurse of Lincoln County and an early advocate for public health.

Lucy Smith Morris was a suffragist, the first president of the Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Clubs, and an early advocate for free libraries in Wisconsin.

Theodora Winton Youmans was a prominent journalist and suffragist who served as the final president of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association.

Florence Bascom was a trailblazing geologist and the first woman to receive a degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Laura Ross Wolcott was the first woman physician in Wisconsin and was active in the women’s suffrage movement.

Betsy Thunder was a respected Ho-Chunk medicine woman known for her skill in making remedies from roots and plants.

Bertha Reynolds, known as “Dr. Bertha,” was one of the first women to be licensed as a doctor in the state.

Helen Farnsworth Mears's statue of Frances Willard was the first sculpture of a woman to be placed in National Statuary Hall.

Janet Jennings, a news reporter, became known as “the Angel of the Seneca” for her heroic nursing work during the Spanish-American War.