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  3. Vel Phillips, UW–Madison grad and pioneering civil-rights leader, dies at age 94

Vel Phillips, UW–Madison grad and pioneering civil-rights leader, dies at age 95

As the first woman and first African American to ascend to major political posts in Wisconsin, Phillips said she found that her gender presented more roadblocks than her race.

Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/vel-phillips-uw-madison-grad-and-pioneering-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-age-94/
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