Background
She was born Glenn Miller on July 14, 1896, in Wyocena, and grew up in Louisiana Valle in Sauk County, daughter of country doctor W.J. Miller.
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She was born Glenn Miller on July 14, 1896, in Wyocena, and grew up in Louisiana Valle in Sauk County, daughter of country doctor W.J. Miller.
She graduated from Reedsburg Area High School, then earned a Bachelor of Arts at Milwaukee-Downer College in 1917, and an Master of Arts
In economics at the University of Wisconsin in 1919. She was employed as a secretary in the Department of Economics of UW for two years, then went into business as the organizer and director of the Employment Exchange of the Washington School for Secretaries in Washington, District of Columbia, before taking employment as a statistician at the University of Wisconsin. She was active in the Republican Party, being a particularly avid supporter of Wendell Wilkie.
Miller was appointed Secretary of State of Wisconsin by Governor Kohler on January
3, 1955 to fill the vacancy caused by the death in office of Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman, becoming Wisconsin"s first woman Secretary of State. Zimmerman"s son, Robert C. Zimmerman defeated her in the 1956 Republican primary.
Wise remained an active and steadfast Republican.
