Glenn M. Wise

Glenn Evelyn Miller Wise (July 14, 1896 – September 24, 1991) was an American statistician, and Republican politician from Sauk County, Wisconsin. She was the 26th secretary of state of Wisconsin, from 1955 to 1957; appointed by Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. after the death of Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman, she was the first woman to hold statewide office in Wisconsin.

Early life and education Glenn Wise was born Glenn Evelyn Miller on July 14, 1896, in Wyocena, Wisconsin. As a child, she moved with her parents to La Valle in Sauk County, where she was raised and educated. She graduated from Reedsburg Area High School, then earned a B.A. at Milwaukee-Downer College in 1917, and an M.A. in economics at the University of Wisconsin in 1919. Zimmerman's son, Robert C. Zimmerman defeated her in the 1956 Republican primary.

Glenn Miller took the last name Wise when she married John Edwin Wise in 1924; Glenn Wise was active in the Presbyterian church and civic activities; when she died at the age of 95, she left behind one son (John Jr.), five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.