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Wisconsin Historical Society: A Life of Firsts: Brief Biography of Vel Phillips

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Born in Milwaukee in 1924, Vel Phillips was a women's and civil rights activist, and the first female African American lawyer in Wisconsin. Her many accomplishments as an African American woman paved the way for others.

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