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During her tenure as superintendent, Milwaukee Public Schools earned a Silver Well Workplace award from the Wellness Council of America and a Distinguished Budget Presentation award from the Government Finance Officers Association. In January 2015, Driver Hudson was a "40 Under 40 award recipient" from Milwaukee Business Journal.
By 1935, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation developed a lightweight 3/4" electric hammer drill. This power tool was designed to drill and sink anchors into concrete. This drill could also be converted into a standard 3/4" drill. Milwaukee also designed an easy-to-handle, single-horsepower sander/grinder that weighed only 15 pounds. [7]
Milwaukee (/ m ɪ l ˈ w ɔː k i / ⓘ mil-WAW-kee) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. [16] With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is the 31st-most populous city in the United States and the fifth-most populous city in the Midwest.
Milwaukee in 1898 Milwaukee in 1912 Milwaukee slums in 1936 Milwaukee in 1955 During the first half of the 20th century, Milwaukee was the hub of the socialist movement in the United States . Milwaukeeans elected three Socialist mayors during this time: Emil Seidel (1910–1912), Daniel Hoan (1916–1940), and Frank Zeidler (1948–1960), and ...
William A. Howard succeeds Pennington. 1879. Great boom waxes strong. Railroad building begins. 1880. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad builds to Pierre; the Milwaukee reaches Chamberlain. Great October blizzard: subject of Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter. Governor Howard dies and is succeeded by Nehemiah G. Ordway. 1881
Firstar Corporation was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based regional bank holding company that existed from 1853 to 2001. In 2001, Firstar acquired U.S. Bancorp and assumed its name, moving its headquarters to Minneapolis.
The Milwaukee Common Council is the lawmaking body of the City of Milwaukee. It comprises 15 members from 15 council districts throughout the city. As of 1960, membership on the Common Council was considered more desirable than membership in the Wisconsin State Assembly , and incumbent legislators would often seek a position on the council ...
The Bon-Ton Stores chain doubled in size in November 2005 with the $1.1 billion (~$1.65 billion in 2023) purchase of the 142 stores of Saks' Northern Department Store Group, headquartered in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The corporate headquarters remained in York, Pennsylvania, but the merchandising headquarters was relocated to Milwaukee.