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Book History of Milwaukee  Wisconsin

Download or read book History of Milwaukee Wisconsin written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Milwaukee  Wisconsin

Download or read book History of Milwaukee Wisconsin written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Educating Milwaukee

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  • Author : James K. Nelsen
  • Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
  • Release : 2015-11-17
  • ISBN : 0870207210
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Educating Milwaukee written by James K. Nelsen and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Milwaukee's story is unique in that its struggle for integration and quality education has been so closely tied to [school] choice." --from the Introduction "Educating Milwaukee: How One City's History of Segregation and Struggle Shaped Its Schools" traces the origins of the modern school choice movement, which is growing in strength throughout the United States. Author James K. Nelsen follows Milwaukee's tumultuous education history through three eras--"no choice," "forced choice," and "school choice." Nelsen details the whole story of Milwaukee's choice movement through to modern times when Milwaukee families have more schooling options than ever--charter schools, open enrollment, state-funded vouchers, neighborhood schools--and yet Milwaukee's impoverished African American students still struggle to succeed and stay in school. "Educating Milwaukee" chronicles how competing visions of equity and excellence have played out in one city's schools in the modern era, offering both a cautionary tale and a "choice" example.

Book History of Milwaukee  Wisconsin

Download or read book History of Milwaukee Wisconsin written by Frank Abial Flower and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jewish Milwaukee

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  • Author : Martin Hintz
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780738539720
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Jewish Milwaukee written by Martin Hintz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jewish community has a distinguished heritage in Milwaukee, and Jewish ©migr©s were an integral part of the pioneer fabric of the area. The 1840s saw the first large influx of Jews to Wisconsin, primarily to urban Milwaukee. They quickly became leaders in business, politics, and the arts. Milwaukee's Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun, founded in 1856, was one of the state's first congregations and is still going strong. Over the years, social clubs, arts associations, women's benevolent societies, and political organizations were formed. Milwaukee's distinguished residents have included Victor Louis Berger, who was America's first Socialist congressman, and Golda Meir, who became prime minister of Israel. Today Sen. Herb Kohl, owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, is proud of his city ties. The story of Milwaukee's Jewish community offers a view of an intense group of citizens who cared about their hometown and their ancestral homeland, as well as civic and social causes.

Book Italian Milwaukee

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  • Author : Martin Hintz
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780738533537
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Italian Milwaukee written by Martin Hintz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milwaukee's Italian families have a distinguished heritage, one that began in a great rush to the city shortly before the turn of the 19th century. Seeking a way out of the economic misery of their homeland, tens of thousands of Italians made their way to the Midwest, lured by the promise of Milwaukee's well-paying factory and service industry jobs. The emigres brought their colorful traditions and culture with them, making themselves at home in close-knit neighborhoods. Arrivals from various villages settled into specific blocks, with a widespread Sicilian contingent living in the old Third Ward, while Italians from the north settled in Bay View. Others moved into the Brady Street area. Not afraid to work, at first the Italians were railroad employees, fruit peddlers, refuse collectors, shopkeepers, tavern owners, or skilled craft workers in the masonry and stone trades. Today, the descendants of those first arrivals make up an extraordinary share of Milwaukee's business leaders, politicians, clergy, restaurateurs, and educators, while others have become police officers and military personnel. The Italian Community Center and Festa Italiana continue to provide marvelous opportunities to socialize.

Book Milwaukee  Wisconsin  the Cream City

Download or read book Milwaukee Wisconsin the Cream City written by Evening Wisconsin Company (Milwaukee, Wis.) and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Port of Milwaukee  Wisconsin

Download or read book The Port of Milwaukee Wisconsin written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Milwaukee  Wisconsin

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  • Author : Richard Klatte Prestor
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 1999-11
  • ISBN : 9780738503097
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Milwaukee Wisconsin written by Richard Klatte Prestor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1834, the Green-Bay Intelligencer newspaper reported that a sawmill was being erected in a new settlement on the Milwaukee River. Less than one year later, the paper reported that “Milwaukey [sic], which 10 months ago, had only a single trading house, has now some 20 or 30 houses, and two or three saw mills.” Yankee settlers and land speculators had moved in and were here to stay. The steady growth of Milwaukee was never wholly due to the influx of ambitious Easterners though. In ever-expanding numbers, Europeans also made their way here, not merely as settlers, but frequently as hard-working business owners, skilled laborers, and artists. They were determined to make Milwaukee their home, and in this new homeland they surrounded themselves (and influenced the entire community) with their old traditions and languages. Thirty years after its first newspaper write-up, Milwaukee was a well-established city brimming with potential.

Book Latinos in Milwaukee

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  • Author : Joseph A. Rodriguez
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780738540306
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Latinos in Milwaukee written by Joseph A. Rodriguez and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I didn't know there were Latinos in Wisconsin" is one of the more frequently heard comments when visiting outside of the state. In fact, more than 100,000 Latinos live in Milwaukee, and the continued growth of this community is visible in every segment of the city. Milwaukee's Latino community began humbly as a "Colonia Mexicana" in the 1920s, when Mexicans were recruited to work in the city's tanneries. Subsequent waves of workers came from Texas to work in Wisconsin's agricultural fields. In the early 1950s, Puerto Ricans began arriving to the area, and the population doubled in the 1990s.

Book South Milwaukee

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  • Author : Nels J. Monson
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780738533490
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book South Milwaukee written by Nels J. Monson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not to be confused with Milwaukee's "South Side," the City of South Milwaukee is in fact a separate and independent community, with a rich and colorful history all its own. It is this spirit of self-sufficiency that has long been a hallmark of South Milwaukee, going back to 1835 when the area was first settled and continuing through the city's remarkable transformation from a small rural settlement to a bustling industrial suburb. Since 1892, the city has been home to Bucyrus International, one of the world's leading manufacturers of heavy excavation equipment. Bucyrus provided employment to South Milwaukee citizens, allowing the city to grow and add more businesses and city services, and to feel an even more confident sense of independence.

Book The Italians in Milwaukee  Wisconsin

Download or read book The Italians in Milwaukee Wisconsin written by George La Piana and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tentative Draft of a Proposed Charter for the City of Milwaukee  Wisconsin

Download or read book Tentative Draft of a Proposed Charter for the City of Milwaukee Wisconsin written by City Charter League (Milwaukee, Wis.). Charter Committee and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Healthiest City

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  • Author : Judith W. Leavitt
  • Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
  • Release : 1996-05-01
  • ISBN : 0299151638
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book The Healthiest City written by Judith W. Leavitt and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1850 and 1900, Milwaukee’s rapid population growth also gave rise to high death rates, infectious diseases, crowded housing, filthy streets, inadequate water supplies, and incredible stench. The Healthiest City shows how a coalition of reform groups brought about community education and municipal action to achieve for Milwaukee the title of “the healthiest city” by the 1930s. This highly praised book reminds us that cutting funds and regulations for preserving public health results in inconvenience, illness, and even death. “A major work. . . . Leavitt focuses on three illustrative issues—smallpox, garbage, and milk, representing the larger areas of infectious disease, sanitation, and food control.”—Norman Gevitz, Journal of the American Medical Association “Leavitt’s research provides additional evidence . . . that improvements in sanitation, living conditions, and diet contributed more to the overall decline in mortality rates than advances in medical practice. . . . A solid contribution to the history of urban reform politics and public health.”—Jo Ann Carrigan, Journal of American History

Book Milwaukee

Download or read book Milwaukee written by John Gurda and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods is the most comprehensive account of grassroots Milwaukee ever published. Based on the popular series of posters published by the City of Milwaukee in the 1980s, the book features both historical chronicles and contemporary portraits of 37 neighborhoods that emerged before World War II, an ensemble that defines the city of Milwaukee. Richly illustrated, engagingly written and organized for maximum ease of use, the book is a fine-grained introduction to the community.