Meta Schlichting Berger

Meta Schlichting Berger was a prominent female socialist organizer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and advocate for improved public schooling systems. She was also the wife of the prominent democratic socialist politician, Victor L. Berger.^[1] In 1917, Meta joined the Milwaukee Emergency Peace Committee, a group that tried to prevent U.S. Navy recruiters from targeting schoolchildren.^[2]

References

1. ^ Swanson, Kimberly (2005). "A Milwaukee Woman's Life on the Left: The Autobiography of Meta Berger". In McBride, Genevieve G.. Women's Wisconsin: from native matriarchies to the new millennium. Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 9780870203619. http://books.google.com/books?id=kCAQNCO6DssC&pg=PA295. 
2. ^ Reese, William J. (2002). Power and the promise of school reform: grassroots movements during the progressive era. Teacher's College Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780807742273. http://books.google.com/books?id=KHjvM84h-6YC&pg=PA220.