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.

Alma Baron was a pioneer of early children’s live television, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, and an advocate for women in business.

Esther Bubley was a prominent photographer during the golden age of photojournalism, the 1940s to the 1960s.

Louise Erickson Sauer played in the first-ever women’s baseball league, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, for the Racine Bells and the Rockford Peaches.

For decades, Elizabeth Hawkes was the only practicing woman attorney in northern Wisconsin, and she was the first woman president of the Wisconsin State Colleges Board.

Signe Skott Cooper was a World War II army nurse and an influential nursing professor.

As the Director of Latino Student Programs at UW–Whitewater for nearly two decades, Nelia Olivencia encouraged students of color to learn about and celebrate their heritage.

Gloria Ladson-Billings is an influential professor of education who has worked to make education more equitable for students of color.

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

Japanese American nursing educator Dr. May Shiga Hornback introduced innovative televised and telephone-based nursing instruction to students across Wisconsin.