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Badger Beauties

Prior to 1931, Badger yearbooks featured a Wisconsin Women section. But starting that year, full-page portraits of selected women students appeared and continued until 1969.

1931
Frances Fosshage
Margaret Newman
Carolyn Olson
Sally Owen
Alice Ubbink

1932
Marjorie Chase
Dorothy I. Fuller
Caroline J. Leitzell
Helen D. Rieke

1933
Barbara Bradford
Dorothy Kretzer
Louise Langemo
Agnes Ricks

1934 (The Court of Honor/Prom)
Edna Balsley
(Pi Beta Phi)
Mary Flynn
(Independent)
Norma Fritz
(Kappa Alpha Theta)
Agnes Godfrey
(Alpha Phi)
Helen Ladd
(Alpha Chi Omega)
Joan Parker
(Delta Gamma)

1935 (The Court of Honor/Prom in its Second Year)
A back-page ad reads, “Jean Campion, 1935 Badger Beauty picks a beautiful ‘Shirley Lea' Frock at Burdick & Murray's Store, Madison's well-known store for quality on the Capitol Square.”
Marion Bachhuber
Bernice Butters
Ina Mary Frederici
Jane Greer
Katharine Halverson
Marion Isaly
Harriet Quall
Margaret Stedman

1936
Aleen Anderson (Alpha Chi Omega) '38
Jane Dalrymple (Alpha Xi Delta) '38
Dorothy Frankel (Colonial Lodge) '39
Ruth Lynott (Kappa Kappa Gamma) '37
Joy Mervis (Alpha Epsilon Phi) '38
Betty Peters (Delta Gamma) '37
Helen Theiler (Pi Beta Phi) '36
Virginia Bohn (Kappa Alpha Theta) '36
Wisconsin Representative in Drake Relays Queen Contest

1937
Ruth Artmann
Carol Johnson
Esther Kipen
Fritzi Kraut
Eleanor Perry
Ruby Jo Swanstrom

1938 (The Co-Eds)
Meredith Burke
Martha Calland
Jeanne Henkel
Kathryn Jones
Doris Maxon
June Oehl

1939 (The Co-Eds)
Mary Margaret Adams
Gerry Anderson
Ada Mae Follett
Alicia Hume
Cecelia Moore
Harriet Trippe

1940
Catherine Baker (Delta Gamma)
Rocky River, Ohio
Marion Cnare
(Alpha Chi Omega)
Madison, Wisconsin
Jane Gibson (Kappa Kappa Gamma)
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Barbara Morey (Pi Beta Phi)
Decatur, Illinois
Merrilyn Olson (Alpha Phi)
Madison, Wisconsin
Lois Senty
(Chadbourne Hall)
Plymouth, Wisconsin

1941
Jean Estelle Dinneen
Jane Elisabeth Eriksen
Jean Elinor Grinde
Ann Celeste Hanlon
Virginia Marr McCormick
Geraldine Alice Tofson

1942 (Active in the Red Cross Drive)
Yvonne Frimoth
Doris Jerde
LuCile Leffingwell
Mildred Murdock
Cornelia Rogers
Ruth Schroeder

1943
Elizabeth L. Braun
Jean Durgin
Margaret Gunkel
Marilyn Henkel
Lois Meng
Josephine Preysz

1944
Phyllis Gwendolyn Frimoth
Ruth Wutke Lescohier
Margaret Helene Ohm
Anna May Snyder
June Anne Wegner
Martha Louise Woodling

1945
Carol Anne Burkett
Julie Elizabeth Holmes
Rosemarie Helen Hughes
Mary Catherine McDonald
Joan Elizabeth Mielke
Jeanne Louise Parr

1946 (The Court of Honor/Prom)
Kay Markward (Delta Gamma)
Mary Monser (Kappa Kappa Gamma)
Amanda Perry (Ann Emery Hall)
Mary Lou Peyla (Langdon Hall)
Paula Raulin (Alpha Xi Delta)
Barbara Weiner (Beta House)

1947 (The Court of Honor/Prom)
Alberta Baxter
Helen Farville
Virginia Freund
Betty Lami
Marilyn Moeves
Pamela Parsons
Ruth Schmitt
Beverly Ann Sidic

1948
Jean Bieler
Nancy Hanuchman
Marilyn Henry
Lois Johnson
Nancy Olmsted
Mary Schneiders

1949 (Every one of ninety-six organizations that bought a page in the Badger was eligible to select a potential Badger Beauty. Final judges picked six.)
Jeannine Forsmo
Shirley Kretche
Gay Phillipson
Barbara Talley
Margaret Tanner
Janet Williams

1950 (The Court of Honor/Prom)
Maude Eakins
Virginia Rowlands
Lorna Smithyman
Elizabeth Solum
Nancy Spiegel
Mary Young

1951
Barbara Becker
Mary Bryan
Dorothy Burrows
Rosemary Schneiders
Helen Wear
Amy Lou Zorn

1952
Joanne Inglefield
Sylvia Pickell
Carolyn Royer
Marjorie Rupp

1953
Maryellen Bowers
Tita Hasbrook
Marge Hess
Barbara Ann Noble

1954 (The Court of Honor/Military Ball)
Mary E. Baker
Lois Burke
Joanne Docter
Emmajane Herreid
Jone Johnson
Susan Kohl

1955
Jane Brandley
Romell Boeker
Ruth Garvens
Grace Meyrick
Nannita Ruggles
Joyce Wade

1956
Virginia (Ginny) Burdick
Mary Hilt
Lois Jacobs
Pamela Lynch
Marlene McLaughlin
Beverly Thomas

1957 (The Court of Honor/Military Ball)
Jean Clayton
Patricia Ford
Jacquelyn Heal
Mary McKenzie
Gayla Ogle
Kay Swisher

1958 (The Court of Honor/Military Ball)
Lynn Baraack
Ellen Herman
Karen Koten
Jody O'Brien
Bunny Raasch

1959 (The Court of Honor/Military Ball)
Nancy L. Buskens
Virginia M. DenDooven
Susan P. Hazekamp
Karen M. Heassler
Marilynn M. Smith
Carolyn Watson

1960 (The Court of Honor/Military Ball)
Joan M. Bradley
Patricia J. Clarkson
Diane Kohlmetz
Patricia A. Reybold
Roanne Ringsmuth
Mary Ann Sinkler

1961 (The Court of Honor/Military Ball)
Lynnette Estes
Scottsville, New York
Suzanne Holly
Madison, Wisconsin
Patricia Hovey
Birmingham, Michigan
Trudy Mikell
Chicago, Illinois
Margaret Morgan
Kankakee, Illinois
Karen Thorsen
Westfield, New Jersey

1962 (The Court of Honor/Military Ball)
Carol Bradley
Chicago, Illinois
Joan Foster
Madison, Wisconsin
Nancy Goodman
Tucson, Arizona
Jean Kelzenberg
Madison, Wisconsin
Marcia Lawton
Southfield, Michigan
Mary Alice Schull
Stevens Point, Wisconsin

1963 (Announced at the Military Ball)
Judith Hans
Nancy Headen
Mary Palmer
Sally Saxon
Sandra Sinn
Sandra Styles

1964 (Announced at the Military Ball)
Mary Anderson
Sharie Emmerich
Sue Finch
Carol Kilgore
Tia Nelson
Sue Royston

1965
Marilyn Elya
Carol Haberman
Linda Jens
Joanne McNeil
Laurie Rosemeyer
Grace Sweezy

1966
Joanne Berres
Mary Cummings
Nancy Goldberg
Gail Granum
Carol Miller
Judy Schwartz

1967
Lynne Bruins
Eileen Kaput
Penny Rudolf
Sharon Singstock
Barb Steinback
Nancy Weinstein

1968
Barbara Barker
Christine Cornwall
Diana Fuhrmann
Joan Lichtman
Laurie Regan
Barbara Steiner

1969
Jan Ancell
Janet Eyer
Maggie Hand
Cathy Hiken
Daphne Hill



 



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