Wisconsin 101

Ke-che-waish-ke

Ke-che-waish-ke (Great Renewer) (c.1759 – 1855), also known as Chief Buffalo (Peezhickee), and by the French Le Boeuf, led the Lake Superior Ojibwe people of Mooningwanekaaning (Madeline Island). Ke-che-waish-ke was instrumental to signing treaty agreements between the Wisconsin Ojibwe people and the United States,…

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November 17, 2020

Education / La Farge / Pre-1787 / Ethnicity & Identity / A Dam Tower in the Kickapoo Valley Reserve / Related Stories / Vernon County / Nature & Environment / Region 6 - South West

Wisconsin’s Ancient History in the Kickapoo Valley

If you look closely, the landscapes around us tell stories about the past. Sometimes in the curve of a road, a line of trees, or stretch of prairie careful observers can find evidence of the people and animals that used to call…

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September 24, 2020

Home Furnishings / Art & Design / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Industry / Ethnicity & Identity / Related Stories / Everyday Life / Curators' Favorites / 1877-1900 / Manufacturing & Trade / Pauline Pottery Covered Jar

Women in the American Art Pottery Movement

Women played a central role in the American Art Pottery movement, both as leaders like Pauline Jacobus and as workers like Lulu Deveraux Dixon.

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September 10, 2020

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Object Histories / Sports & Games / Clothing, Apparel & Fashion / Ethnicity & Identity / Curators' Favorites / Everyday Life / Global Connections / 1987-2011 / Region 8 - South East / Earlene Fuller's Bowling Shirt

OBJECT HISTORY: Earlene Fuller’s Bowling Shirt

This shirt, which features an African kente cloth print, was designed, made and worn in the mid-1990s by Milwaukee's Earlene Fuller, an African American bowler and seamstress.

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August 30, 2020

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Clothing, Apparel & Fashion / Ethnicity & Identity / Related Stories / Sports & Games / Curators' Favorites / 1965-1987 / Region 8 - South East / Earlene Fuller's Bowling Shirt

Earlene Fuller and the African American Bowling Scene in Milwaukee

Earlene Fuller designed and made bowling outfits for numerous black and white teams in Milwaukee and elsewhere from 1970 through the mid-1990s. She was a member in two African American bowling organizations — the National Bowling Association and the Milwaukee Bowlers Guild, Inc. — and in the 1990s began incorporating kente cloth and other African-inspired fabric patterns into the shirts she made for her own teams.

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August 30, 2020

Kenosha County / Racine / Kenosha / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Sports & Games / Ethnicity & Identity / Related Stories / Racine County / Curators' Favorites / 1945-1965 / Society & Religion / Region 8 - South East / Racine Belles Movie Costume

Gender Norms and The All-American Girls’ Professional Baseball League

Philip Wrigley, the gum manufacturer and owner of the Chicago Cubs, conceived of the All-American Girls' Softball League in 1942 as World War II and its drain on manpower threatened to shut down Major League Baseball. Wrigley's ideas about gender norms helped shape the league, from its strict rules to its uniform policies.

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August 24, 2020