One hundred years ago, the world went to war. Wisconsin in the First World War explores how Wisconsinites experienced the war, both at home and abroad.
La Follette Against the War
Wisconsin Senator Bob La Follette was one of the leading opponents of U.S. entry into WWI. Historian Nancy Unger tells ...
A Nurse on the Front Lines
Helen Bulovsky was a young Madison nurse who went to France in 1918. Working at evacuation hospitals, she served as ...
Anti-German Hysteria
U.S. entry into WWI in 1917 fueled a wave of anti-German sentiment across Wisconsin and across the nation. The fervor ...