Presentation: - MARY WHELAN - ROCK COUNTY'S FIRST FEMALE SHERIFF

The Rock County Genealogical Society offers a Free In-Person and Zoom simulcast program to be held TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2023, AT 6:30 PM local Wisconsin time at the Milton House Museum, 18 S. Janesville Street, Milton, WI  AND online from home. For the Zoom link, see the RCGS home page at: www.RCGSWI.org and click on Upcoming Speakers and Events.

 Presenter Name: Mary Buelow, Librarian and Local History Specialist at Janesville's Hedberg Public Library

 Program Description: Mary Whelan was appointed to be Rock County's first female Sheriff's Deputy in 1917 and later worked in the nation's fledgling Narcotics Bureau.  Learn about the life, times, and family of this Rock County trailblazer.