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Dr. C. Lee Buxton and Mrs. Estelle Griswold

Griswold v. Connecticut – Today in History: June 7

June 7, 2022 • Catherine Roraback, Law, Social Movements, Women

On June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Griswold v. Connecticut.

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“Free Bobby, Free Ericka”: The New Haven Black Panther Trials

February 10, 2022 • Postwar United States 1945-1970s, Catherine Roraback, Social Movements, New Haven

In 1969, the Black Panther Trials brought national attention to New Haven as prosecutors charged members of the radical movement with murdering one of their own.

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Newspaper headline with the text "Connecticut Fines Two in Birth Control Case"

Taking on the State: Griswold v. Connecticut

November 9, 2021 • Postwar United States 1945-1970s, Catherine Roraback, P.T. Barnum, Crime and Punishment, Health and Medicine, Law, Social Movements, Hartford, Women, New Haven

In the 1960s, Estelle Griswold challenged Connecticut’s restrictive birth control law, making it all the way to the Supreme Court.

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US District Court, New Haven

Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut – Today in History: November 1

November 1, 2021 • Catherine Roraback, P.T. Barnum, Health and Medicine, Law, New Haven

On November 1, 1961, Estelle Griswold and Dr. C. Lee Buxton opened the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut in New Haven.

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St. Anthony Comstock, the Village nuisance

Connecticut and the Comstock Law

March 28, 2021 • The Industrial United States 1870-1900, Catherine Roraback, P.T. Barnum, Health and Medicine, Law, Politics and Government, Women

Connecticut passed its own state law in 1879 that carried the anti-contraception movement further than any other state in the country.

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