University of the Air

John Bascom and the Wisconsin Idea - with J. David Hoeveler

08.21.2022 - By Wisconsin Public RadioPlay

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Explore John Bascom, the colorful President of the University of Wisconsin from 1874-1887 who championed women’s rights, worker’s rights, temperance, the pursuit of truth, and a notion that would go on to earn fame as “The Wisconsin Idea.”

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