Women in Elected Office in Wisconsin​​

State & Local Government

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​Messages from Women in the State Legislature 

Senator Janet Bewley (click to play video)

​ Representative Cabral-Guevara (click to play video)

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• 1921 Equal Rights Act, Wisconsin Statutes § 766.97 “Equal rights; common law disabilities", https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/766/97 
• "Governor Blaine Signs Equal Suffrage Bill" July 11, 1902, Newspaper name not known/provided. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA423 
• "Request for an opinion on whether a woman can be appointed to fill the vacancy of Register of Deeds in this State." in Public documents of the state of Wisconsin being reports of the various state officers, departments and institutions for the fiscal term ending June 30, 1902. Volume III (1903 [Covers 1900/1902]), Hicks, Emmett R.; Buell, C. E., First biennial report of the attorney general of the state of Wisconsin for the biennial period ending June 30, 1902, pp. 189-190. https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&id=WI.V041N03&entity=WI.V041N03.p0201
• For more statistics and information benchmarking women and state and local elected office in Wisconsin, select Publications from the nagivation bar above, then sub-header Elected Office.

Press Release​, Women in Public Office Centennial in Wisconsin, July 12, 2021