6 | Attic Angel Community
At some point, the story goes that in the
course of rummaging through their attic to
find discarded clothing and other materials,
General Bryant referred to his daughters as
“Attic Angels.”This name was adopted as the
organizational structure was formalized and
soon, Attic Angel expanded their focus and
began fluttering their wings among impor-
tant causes in Wisconsin.
THE SPREADING
OF ANGEL WINGS
There can be no overstating Attic Angel’s role
in making beneficial impacts in the lives of
others. For example, in another aspect of the
former era, Madison had an unusually high
infant mortality rate. Attic Angel brought
in a doctor and helped facilitate the com-
munity’s first series of clinical workshops fo-
