This anthology of essays, impressions, and sketches attempts to reassess the role of women in the development of public higher education in Wisconsin, especially in the setting of the University of Wisconsin (UW) System. The essays provide a female perspective from the post Civil War days to today. Some essays focus on the beginnings of the co-education movement; some offer recollections of women who came to teach at UW and were important to current members of the UW System; and some provide oral histories of students and teachers. Teachers whose contributions are fondly recalled include Emily Webster, Margaret H'Doubler, Gladys L. Borchers, Helen C. White, Hilda Belle Oxby, Emma Lou Wilder, Bessie May Allen, Agnes Jones, Ruth B. Glassow, Helen Clarke, Edith J. Cartwright, Mary Elizabeth Smith, and Germaine Bree. Other essays include: "Co-education 1849-1909: They Came To Stay" (Jean Droste); "Women at Wisconsin: 1909-1939" (Ellen D. Langill); "Women in Industrial Education" (Marcia Harycki); "Women in the Extension Center in Milwaukee" (Elisabeth Holmes); "Educated Daughters and Sisters" (Agate and Harry Krouse); "Voices from Eau Claire: Three Generations of Teachers" (Ellen Last); and "In Their Own Words" (Laura Smail and Donna Taylor). Some essays contain references. (JDD)