women

Did you know the first-ever women’s pro basketball game tipped off in Milwaukee? Hear the story of the Milwaukee Does, the WBL, and the players speaking up to make sure their history isn’t forgotten.

Milwaukee Magazine's 2024 Betty Awards honor extraordinary women doing remarkable work in Milwaukee. One of the recipients is Mariana Rodriguez, the founder and director of the Latina Resource Center for United Migrant Opportunity Services.

WUWM's Xcaret Nuñez, Nadya Kelly and Maayan Silver sat down to discuss the songs sung by women that make them feel like they could move mountains, and a lot of WUWM staff also chimed in.

A walk through Beulah Brinton's house reveals how she helped bring the Bay View neighborhood together in its early history.

Milwaukee-based automotive educator Chaya Milchtein provides accessible information about car ownership in her blog and her upcoming book.

Michelle Thaller, astrophysicist and the assistant director for science communication at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, recaps integral forgotten historical figures.

Stephanie Melnick, owner of She Stands Tall, speaks on this year's events returning to an in-person setting.

While traveling for work, Shakkiah Curtis fell in love with indoor cycling. But the Milwaukeean couldn’t find a fitness studio in the city that played hip-hop or had a community of people who looked like her. So she opened Spinn MKE. She speaks on her journey in opening the studio.

Celeste Contreras Skierski, the Milwaukee Women's Art Library community ambassador and Derrick Webb, head of archives at UW-Milwaukee Libraries, detail the efforts to document local artists' art.

Yolanda Medina, director of UW-Milwaukee’s Military and Veterans Resource Center and a Marine Corps veteran speaks on the latest installment of the “I Am Not Invisible” campaign, which is on display now at UW-Milwaukee.