Edith Hilliard – Preserving History


By Cynthia Woodland | March 25, 2011

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March is Women’s History Month, and we celebrate today by remembering that women don’t just make history — they also preserve it. Today, we meet Edith Hilliard, an African American woman who can trace her family back 7 generations in Wisconsin. 

Cynthia Woodland

Cynthia Woodland

Cynthia Woodland is a development specialist at Wisconsin Public Radio.
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