Wisconsin History Links
Social Issues



General

Institute for Wisconsin's Future - History
Madison Institute - Condensed History
Social Justice Center (Madison) - History
Statecraft: The Politics of Welfare Reform in Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Homeless Project
Wisconsin Basic Needs Survey, 1981-1982
Wisconsin Community Fund - History
Wisconsin Mosaic

Charities

Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee - History
Evjue Foundation - History
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin - History
Hunt for the Hungry - Program History
La Causa
Race for the Cure (Komen Milwaukee Affiliate)
United Way of Greater Milwaukee - History

Civil Rights

Abolition Activism in Wisconsin
History Alive!: The Underground Railroad in Wisconsin
Looking Further than the Skin: A History of Wisconsin's Civil Rights Law (Wis. Lawyer)
Milton House
Milwaukee Study of Civil Disorder, 1967
Patterns of Interracial Politics: Conflict and Cooperation in the City of Milwaukee, 1970
Selma of the North: Milwaukee and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
Underground Railroad of Wisconsin Network to Freedom
Wisconsin Lynchings, 1849-1891

Labor Unions

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) History
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 212
AFT Wisconsin History
Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice - History
Rise of Labor and Wisconsin's "Little New Deal" (Wis. Lawyer)
Teaching Assistants' Association - History
Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) - History
Wisconsin Labor History Online
Wisconsin Labor History Society

Peace Activism

Madison Veterans for Peace: A Short History
Madison Women for Peace - Herstory
No Blood for Oil: Protesting the Persian Gulf War in Madison, Wisconsin
Peace Action Wisconsin - History
Two Days in October (PBS)
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice - History

Women's Rights

Bread Upon the Waters: Womens' Philanthropy at UW-Madison

Distinguished Women of Wisconsin (Wis. Women's Council)
History of Wisconsin's Women's Rights Law, Part 1: 1846-1920
History of Wisconsin's Womens' Rights Law, Part 1: Since 1920
League of Women Voters of Dane County - History
Pioneers in the Law: The First 150 Women (Wisconsin Lawyer)
Wisconsin Women of Color Network - History
Wisconsin Women's History Bibliography
Women at the University of Wisconsin - Resources for Research
Women's History (Wisconsin Women's Network)


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