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Girl Scout troop purchases monument for female activist, Meta Schlichting Berger.


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When it comes to influential women in Milwaukee’s history, its hard to not mention Meta Schlichting Berger. Born in 1865, Berger was the first female to hold a position on the Milwaukee School Board, helped put hot lunches and nurses in Milwaukee schools and stood up for the rights of teachers. But while visiting Forest
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