Laws

…railroad law, enacted by the 1905 Wisconsin legislature and signed by Governor Robert M. La Follette, which created a Wisconsin state railroad commission composed of three appointed commissioners with authority…

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Women

…each sponsored by a local committee, based on the student having “shown some qualities of leadership and interest in workers’ education or other community activities” (p. 2); scholarship money was…

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Study of labor history imperiled by rightwing attacks on academic freedom

…traditions. By Ken Germanson, president emeritus, Wisconsin Labor History Society, with thanks to Harvey Kaye, Jillian Jacklin, Sergio Gonzalez and Jon Shelton [i] http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2016/09/13/vos-says-speakers-at-uw-campuses-too-liberal/90121674/ [ii] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/gop-leaders-propose-policy-center-named-for-tommy-thompson-at/article_f5505c37-999c-560d-9bdc-95e0f1340b97.html [iii] https://actionnetwork.org/forms/end-intimidation-of-union-organizers-at-uw-madison [iv] https://www.lawcha.org/2015/12/07/well-just-live-within-our-means-then-a-reaction-to-uw-madison-graduate-school-administrations-proposal-to-restructure-graduate-employee-pay/ [v] http://www.unkochmycampus.org/progress-coalition-2017/ [vi] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/us/koch-brothers-antonin-scalia-george-mason-law-school.html?_r=2 [vii] http://www.chronicle.com/article/Nancy-MacLean-Responds-to-Her/240699 [viii] http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/449110/nancy-macleans-james-buchanan-libertarianism-book-shortcuts-expose-evil…

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