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Thankful Arnold’s House

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Connecticut Issues Same-Sex Marriage Licenses for the First Time – Today In History: November 12

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The Trailblazing Bessye Bennett

Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Connecticut Ratifies US Constitution – Today in History: January 9

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The Living Actually Haunted Many Connecticut Taverns – Who Knew?

The Connecticut Poll Tax

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Connecticut Residents Did Not Let Veterans Day “Go Commercial.”

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Mohegan Federal Recognition

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Eighteen Years in the Making: Connecticut’s 1991 Gay Rights Law

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Education/Instrucción Combats Housing Discrimination

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Literacy Tests and the Right To Vote

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Connecticut’s Official State Flag – Who Knew?

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Grounds for Divorce – Who Knew?

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19th Amendment: The Fight Over Woman Suffrage in Connecticut

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The Long, Ambiguous History of Connecticut’s Blue Laws

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Roger Sherman Dies – Today in History: July 23

Emmeline Pankhurst’s “Freedom or Death” Speech Energizes Connecticut Women in 1913

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The Charter of 1662

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Constance Baker Motley: A Warrior for Justice

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    Andy Piascik

  • Town(s):
    Chester, New Haven

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The Amistad

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Griswold v. Connecticut – Today in History: June 7

The Incident of the Stonington Schooner ‘Breakwater’: A View from Indian Country

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    Jason Mancini

  • Town(s):
    Stonington

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Playing with Time: The Introduction of Daylight Saving Time in Connecticut

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The Corbin Cabinet Lock Company and Patent Law: A Lesson in Novelty from a CT Perspective

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Richard Reihl: The Hate Crime That Became a Turning Point for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights

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Uriah Tracy Authors the Rules for Impeachment

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Rubber Vulcanization and the Myth of Nathaniel Hayward

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Elizabeth Bentley Born – Today in History: January 1

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First New-Gate Prisoner – Today in History: December 22

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Thomas J. Dodd and the Gun Control Act of 1968

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The White Pine Acts – Who Knew?

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New London’s Indian Mariners

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Taking on the State: Griswold v. Connecticut

  • Writer:
    Nancy Finlay

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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The Articles of Confederation: America’s First Constitution

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How the Wobblies Won Free Speech

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

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Notorious New-Gate Prison

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Reckoning with the Dutch: the Treaty of Hartford, 1650

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Connecticut Draws the Curtain on Public Executions

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Connecticut Attorney General John H. Light and His Fight for Woman’s Suffrage

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Private vs. Public Property – Today in History: June 23

The Platt Amendment – Today in History: June 12

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Alse Young Executed for Witchcraft – Today in History: May 26

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The Yale-Storrs Controversy

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The Litchfield Law School: Connecticut’s First Law School

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Connecticut and the Comstock Law

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The Smith Sisters, Their Cows, and Women’s Rights in Glastonbury

  • Writer:
    Molly May

  • Town(s):
    Glastonbury

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Jackson v. Bulloch and the End of Slavery in Connecticut

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Buckling Up For Auto Safety

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Ending the Danbury Shakes: A Story of Workers’ Rights and Corporate Responsibility

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Connecticut Lawyer Prosecutes Nazi War Criminals at Nuremberg

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Witchcraft in Connecticut

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Accidental Shooting Leads to Witchcraft Conviction – Today in History: October 3

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    Windsor

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Capital Punishment in Connecticut: Changing Views

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The 42-Day Income Tax

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Wethersfield Prison Blues

Trolley Campaigners Storm Small Towns and Votes for Women is the Battle Cry

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Sheff v. O’Neill – Today in History: July 9

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Parking Authority Created in New Haven – Today in History: June 2

Mary Hall: Connecticut’s First Female Attorney

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Setting Speed Limits – Today in History: May 21

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New-Gate Prison Breakout – Today in History: May 18

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A Day for Women – Today in History: March 8

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Andover Lake: A Lesson in Social Change

Abraham Ribicoff dies – Today in History: February 22

How Real Estate Practices Influenced the Hartford Region’s Demographic Makeup

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First General Copyright Law – Today in History: January 29

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Connecticut Poor Law Aimed to Care for the Needy

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The Connecticut Ratification Convention

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Branding Law Enacted – Today in History: February 5

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An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1776-1818

Sheff v. O’Neill Settlements Target Educational Segregation In Hartford

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100 Years of Workers’ Compensation

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Early Anti-slavery Advocates in 18th-century Connecticut

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Free Speech for Some – Who Knew?

Child Labor vs. Schooling in 19th-century Naugatuck

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Five Minutes that Changed Connecticut: Simon Bernstein and the 1965 Connecticut Education Amendment

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    Elaina Rollins

  • Town(s):
    Bloomfield, Hartford

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A Public Responsibility: Conservation and Development in the 20th Century

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The Lemon Law – Today in History: June 4

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Osborn Correctional Institution

Gradual Emancipation Reflected the Struggle of Some to Envision Black Freedom

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The Effects of “Redlining” on the Hartford Metropolitan Region

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Connecticut State Capitol

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    Hartford

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Looking Back: How the Vote Was Won

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    Tedd Levy

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    Old Saybrook

Prudence Crandall Fights for Equal Access to Education

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