Mee Moua
Mee Moua was the first Hmong American to be elected to a state legislature in the U.S.
Maria Luisa Morales
Maria Luisa Morales has worked for justice for Latinx communities in Wisconsin since the 1960s.
Kathryn Morrison
Kathryn "Kate" Morrison was the first woman elected to the Wisconsin State Senate.
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore was the first African American from the state of Wisconsin to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Golda Meir
Golda Meir was a teacher and organizer in Milwaukee before becoming Israel's first female prime minister in 1969.
Katharine Lyall
Katharine Lyall was the first woman president of the University of Wisconsin System.
Patricia “Patty” Loew
Patricia "Patty" Loew is a celebrated journalist, filmmaker, and educator about Native Americans in Wisconsin.
Estella Leopold
Estella Leopold is a paleobotanist and conservationist who conducted ground-breaking research on fossilized pollen.
Gerda Lerner
University of Wisconsin scholar Gerda Lerner founded the academic field of women's history.
Barbara Lawton
Barbara Lawton, forty-third lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, was the first woman to be elected to that position.