The Magazine for Madison Area Women
Roberta Gassman and Lester Pines have both been incredibly successful in their respective fields of politics and law over the past 50 years. But they’ve found that supporting and cheerleading each other’s efforts makes their pairing even stronger.
Some might consider summer the best time to experience Madison. Consider this your guide for what to see and do!
Five women share how they were able to come to terms with life-altering changes, and push forward.
The last thing Diane Anderson expected to hear in 2002 was that she had breast cancer — at 44, she was an active and otherwise healthy mother of three girls.
Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, Jevon Diming experienced generational trauma: several cousins were killed by gun violence and her nephew, Pierre, was a victim of gun violence.
After being stalked in Milwaukee as retaliation for reporting a sexual assault of a family member, Lai’Kita Buie knew she could no longer raise her three children there.
Kristin Keir never thought on a sunny morning last September that it would be the last time she would see her partner, Dax Bakken, alive.
How two business failures and a bankruptcy pushed Natasha Vora to not only keep going, but thrive in a new, successful venture.
BRAVA checks back in with some of our 2023 class of Women to Watch to see what they’ve been up to.
We like to call them champions for change. These are the women, who, when faced with a seemingly daunting task — take on the challenge with gusto. Accessibility for children with disabilities, improving Black birth outcomes and addressing youth mental health are just some of these issues. Meet this year’s group of extraordinary women.