by Meta Berger
edited by Kimberly Swanson
foreword by Genevieve C. McBride
Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2001
eISBN: 978-0-87020-778-5 | Paper: 978-0-87020-322-0
Library of Congress Classification HX84.B42A3 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification 335.0092

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Wife, mother, schoolteacher, and politician, Meta Schlichting Berger became an activist at a time when women's role in public life -- indeed, evne their right to vote -- was hotly contested. Telling her story in her own words, Meta Berger reveals her transformation from a traditional wife and mother to an activist who held elective office for thirty years.