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Irene Mack: A look inside the UWM Women Artists Archive

The images in this post represent items found in the archive regarding the life and accomplishments of Irene Mack, a Menominee woman artist and Wisconsin native. These photos are taken from a recent addition to the UWM Women Artists Archive (UWM Mss 003, Box 2) which contains detailed oral histories of women artists and performers around the state of Wisconsin. 

In her oral histories, Mack details her experiences growing up in northern Wisconsin, her time attending a residential school, and her adventures traveling across the U.S with the Mack Brother’s Show as a snake handler. 

Mack was also an avid activist for the rights of indigenous people in the state of Wisconsin, and worked for UW-Milwaukee as a recruiter for indigenous students.