A Roundtable Conversation With the 2025 Betty Award Winners
The seventh cohort of Bettys talk about what drives them, leading as a woman today, and the best advice they’ve ever received.
Meet Laura Gutiérrez: The 2025 Bridge Builder Betty Award Winner
She’s leading the sweeping social services provided by the United Community Center – decades after she was served by the UCC.
Meet Peggy Williams-Smith: The 2025 Groundbreaker Betty Award Winner
She’s building the moments big and small that market Milwaukee to visitors.
Meet Bridget Whitaker: The 2025 Tenacious B Betty Award Winner
She’s building safer neighborhoods in Milwaukee with trauma-informed prevention and intervention efforts.
Meet Linda Edelstein: The 2025 Arts Advocate Betty Award Winner
Edelstein, the CEO of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, lives out her belief that the arts aren’t a luxury, but a lifeline.
Meet Linda Mellowes, the 2025 Quadracci Family Betty Award Winner
For decades, she’s been a philanthropic force for good for Milwaukee’s nonprofits.
Meet Ellen Friebert Schupper: The 2025 Standout Sister Betty Award Winner
She leads an organization that supports thousands of people dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis.
Milwaukee’s Hidden Resting Places Under the Ground and Beneath the Waves
A cemetery hiding in plain sight for Milwaukee’s most vulnerable decades ago, and two tales of maritime disaster.
How a Milwaukee Teenager’s Bedroom Became a Worldwide Micronation
A sovereign state founded by a Milwaukee teenager decades ago eventually grew out of his control. The hard feelings are very real.
A Look Inside the Milwaukee Central Library’s Deepest Archives
The thousands of books in the public stacks at MPL’s flagship library are just the tip of the iceberg.