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The History of Recall Elections
Over the next few weeks, we're all likely to see lots of news coverage of Wisconsin's recall elections. Like everything else, they have a history. Did you know, for example, that our original constitution made no provision for recalling elected officials? Or that some recalls were organized by party leaders to chastise their own rebellious office holders? Get the facts in the Dictionary of Wisconsin History.
Wisconsin Heritage Online
Historic images and documents from Wisconsin Historical Society collections are also available through Wisconsin Heritage Online. WHO is a statewide consortium of historical organizations sharing their pictures, books, manuscripts, maps, and museum artifacts on the Web. Enjoy nearly 100,000 items from more than 80 Wisconsin historical societies, museum and libraries at wisconsinheritage.org
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Sarah Hardwick, HermitIn 1906, Sarah Hardwick inherited five acres of remote woods alongside the Mississippi. No road led to the top of the bluff where she set up housekeeping. She came and went from the river to her crude shanty along a footpath worn through the brush. Caught Rattlesnakes Hardwick went into seclusion there, growing vegetables in clearings amidst the trees. She...
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Wisconsin Magazine of History
The Winter 2011-2012 issue of the "Wisconsin Magazine of History" features articles on knitting pioneer Elizabeth Zimmermann; Cordelia Harvey; culture wars and rural schools during the 20th century; Taliesin at 100; and the architect John Randal McDonald.
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The Society's Press at Garden Expo 2012
