Wisconsin 101

Great Lakes Shipping and the SS Meteor

The SS Meteor sailed the lakes longer than most ships of her day, and in her many reincarnations she offers a portrait of how some of the industries on the Great Lakes changed – and what those changes meant for Wisconsin. Launched in 1896,…

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October 1, 2017

Broad History / Agriculture / Industry / Door County / Related Stories / 1848-1877 / 1877-1900 / Manufacturing & Trade / 1900-1918 / 1918-1945 / Nature & Environment / 1945-1965 / Transportation & Tourism / Region 5 - Center East / Cherryland T-Shirt

The Cherry Industry in Door County

While early European immigrants in Door County survived by subsistence farming, efforts in later years to grow cash crops proved challenging, due in large part to the area’s rocky landscape. Despite little success with traditional crops, Door County residents continued to look…

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July 1, 2017

Object Histories / Milwaukee County / Milwaukee / Food & Cooking / Ethnicity & Identity / Everyday Life / Global Connections / 1900-1918 / Society & Religion / Region 8 - South East / Settlement Cook Book

OBJECT HISTORY: Settlement Cook Book

The first edition of The Settlement Cook Book was published on April 1, 1901 with an original printing of 1,000 copies. Copies not distributed to the settlement’s cooking school students were sold at the Boston Store in Milwaukee for 50 cents each and sold out within the first year. Kander made notes on the recipe for Mocha…

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May 1, 2017

Milwaukee County / Milwaukee / Education / Ethnicity & Identity / Related Stories / Global Connections / 1877-1900 / 1900-1918 / Society & Religion / Region 8 - South East / Settlement Cook Book

The Settlement House Movement

Mass immigration from eastern and southern Europe dramatically altered America’s ethnic and religious composition around the turn of the twentieth century. Unlike earlier immigrants, who had largely come from western European countries like Britain, Germany, Ireland, and Scandinavia, the new immigrants came…

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May 1, 2017

Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Ethnicity & Identity / Related Stories / 1877-1900 / Global Connections / 1900-1918 / Society & Religion / Region 8 - South East / Settlement Cook Book

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Black Kander

The first generation of women—largely white and middle- or upper-class—to graduate from college in large numbers left school full of promise and enthusiasm, but were largely denied employment in medicine, law, or business. Rejected by the professional world, many focused their energies…

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May 1, 2017

Education / Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Related Stories / Ethnicity & Identity / Global Connections / 1900-1918 / Society & Religion / Region 8 - South East / Settlement Cook Book

The Settlement

Having outgrown the basement of Temple B’ne Jeshurun, the mission moved to an old house at 507 Fifth Street in 1900. It was simply called “The Settlement.” Programs expanded as space and resources did—the building was busy from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00…

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May 1, 2017