Born to Italian immigrant parents in Windsor Locks, Grasso held state and federal offices at a time when women politicians were rare.
ReadOn May 10, 1919, Ella Grasso, née Ella Rosa Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, the first woman governor in the US to be elected “in her own right,” was born in Windsor Locks.
ReadThe daughter of Italian immigrants became Connecticut’s first woman governor, Ella Tambussi Grasso.
ReadOrganized labor grew strong during wartime while discriminatory practices in housing and education persisted throughout the state.
ReadThe era of Wilbur Cross and the Great Depression transitioned into World War II and state control by Democrat mastermind John Bailey.
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