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Women - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

M. Jodi Rell: Connecticut’s 87th Governor

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    Brookfield

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Martha Minerva Franklin: Breaking Barriers for Black Nurses

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    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Meriden, New Haven, New Milford

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Ethel Collins Dunham: Pioneer in Pediatrics

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    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Hartford, New Haven

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Sarah Harris Fayerweather

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    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Canterbury, New London

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Thankful Arnold’s House

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Abigail Hinman: Heroine of the American Revolution or Legend?

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Middletown’s Beman Triangle: A Testament to Black Freedom and Resilience

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    Jesse Nasta

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    Middletown

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Rosa Ponselle: Meriden’s Famous Musical Daughter

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Hebron’s Josephine Sophia (White) Griffing and a Vision for Post-Emancipation America

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Connecticut College for Women: The State’s First All-Female Institution of Higher Learning

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Miss Porter’s School in Farmington

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Derby’s Osbornedale Farms, Frances Kellogg, and the Dairy Industry

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“Girl Pilot”: Mary Goodrich Jenson Breaks Barriers in Aviation and Journalism

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Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White: “No Picture Was Unimportant to Her”

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Sophia Woodhouse Welles: Wethersfield’s World-Famous Bonnet Maker

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Lillian Hoban: Beloved Illustrator of “I Can Read” Books

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    Emily Clark

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    Wilton

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Lydia Sherman: The Derby Poisoner

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A New Source of Farm Labor Crops Up in Wartime

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Alice Hamilton: The Nation’s Leading Expert on Industrial Diseases

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Clare Boothe Luce Changed Perceptions about Women in Business and Politics

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The Trailblazing Bessye Bennett

America’s First Woman Governor: Ella Grasso, 1919-1981

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Actress Gwen Reed Best Remembered for Dedication to Childhood Literacy

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Discovering the Mysterious Identity of the “Kent Limner”

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Dr. Mary B. Moody Challenges Victorian Mores About Women in Medicine

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When Elections in Hartford Were a Piece of Cake

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Colonel Ruth A. Lucas: Literary Advocate

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Laura Wheeler Waring: Renowned African American Portrait Artist and Educator

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The Merger That Was Not Meant To Be: Yale University and Vassar College

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Children of the Reconcentrados: Caroline Selden’s Cuban School

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Birthplace of the Gerber Baby – Who Knew?

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Helen James Chisholm: A Hartford Teacher in Hawaii

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Rewriting the Norm: How Two East Haddam Women Revolutionized Nonsexist Language

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19th Amendment: The Fight Over Woman Suffrage in Connecticut

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Florence Griswold’s Home: A Story of Perseverance and Community

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

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Rosamond Danielson: Windham County Suffragist and Community Leader

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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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Maria Colón Sánchez, State Representative and Community Advocate

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Griswold v. Connecticut – Today in History: June 7

Ann Petry: Old Saybrook’s Bestselling African American Author

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    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Old Saybrook

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Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas

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Edith Watson: Camera Artist

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Vivien Kellems Takes On the IRS

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Marian Anderson’s Role in the Civil Rights Movement

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Women of the Prison Brigade

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Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett Helps Found Greenwich

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Emily Holcombe Pioneered to Preserve Connecticut’s Colonial Past

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The Story Trail of Voices

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Hartford’s Sex Trade: Prostitutes and Politics

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Helen F. Boyd Leads the Charge for Better Public Health

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A Voice for Veterans: A Civil War era ‘Whistle-Blower’ – Who Knew?

Faith Trumbull: The Artist Was a Young Girl

Miss James, First Woman Pharmacist in CT Right in Old Saybrook

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Medicine Woman Gladys Tantaquidgeon and Mohegan Cultural Renewal

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A Feeling of Solidarity: Labor Unions and Suffragists Team Up

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America’s First Ordained Woman Minister: Olympia Brown and Bridgeport’s Universalist Church

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Providing Bundles for Britain and News for America

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Hannah Bunce Watson: One of America’s First Female Publishers

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Nellie McKnight Promotes History and Literacy throughout Ellington

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Katharine Houghton Hepburn, A Woman Before Her Time

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Mary Townsend Seymour: Hartford’s Organizer, Activist, and Suffragist

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    Emma Wiley

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    Hartford

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Emma Hart Willard: Leader in Women’s Education

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Marietta Canty House

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History in a Heart

The Lives of Addie Brown and Rebecca Primus Told Through their Loving Letters

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    Elizabeth Correia

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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The Smith Sisters and Their Cows Strike a Blow for Equal Rights – Today in History: January 8

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Ida Tarbell: The Woman Who Took On Standard Oil

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Elizabeth Bentley Born – Today in History: January 1

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A Godmother to Ravensbrück Survivors

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A Most Unusual Criminal Execution in New London

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An Inconvenient Season: Charlotte Cowles’s Letters from December 1839

Taking on the State: Griswold v. Connecticut

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    Nancy Finlay

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Mariann Wolcott and Ralph Earl – Opposites Come Together and Make History

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Evelyn Beatrice Longman Commemorates the Working Class

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Prudence Punderson, Ordinary Woman, Extraordinary Artist: Needlework in Connecticut

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“Washburn Colonials”: Distinguished 1920s Homes Stand the Test of Time

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From Aprons to Lab Coats: The Art and Science of Home Economics

Washington’s Sister Susie Society

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Connecticut Suffragists Appeal to the President – Today in History: July 12

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

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Sarah Pierce’s Litchfield Female Academy

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    Peter Vermilyea

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    Litchfield

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Harriet Beecher Stowe Born – Today in History: June 14

Helen Keller in Connecticut: The Last Years of a Legendary Crusader

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

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The Inventive Minds of Connecticut Women: Patents in the 19th Century

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Katharine Hepburn Born – Today in History: May 12

First Woman Elected as US State Governor Born – Today in History: May 10

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First Woman to Receive US Patent – Today in History: May 5

Crisis Management during the American Civil War: The Hartford Soldiers’ Aid Society

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Bridgeport Women Answer the Call – Today in History: April 15

Celebrating Civil War Men and Women – Today in History: April 9

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New Canaan’s Pioneering Female Physician

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Vera Buch Weisbord’s “Radical” Life

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    Kevin Hogg

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    Bristol

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From Bombs to Bras: World War I Conservation Measures Transform the Lives of Women

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Connecticut and the Comstock Law

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Much Good Might be Accomplished: Catharine Esther Beecher and the Pursuit of Domestic Economy

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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson at Touro Hall – Today in History: March 24

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An Artist and Her Books: Amelia Watson, 1856–1934

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Celia Burleigh, Connecticut’s First Female Minister

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

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    Molly May

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    Glastonbury

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Hilda Crosby Standish, Early Proponent of Women’s Reproductive Health

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Looking Back: Tempest Tossed, the Story of Isabella Beecher Hooker

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Sarah Kemble Knight’s Journey through Colonial Connecticut

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A Pioneering Woman in Business: Martha Parsons of Enfield

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Jackson v. Bulloch and the End of Slavery in Connecticut

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Remembering Fredi Washington: Actress, Activist, and Journalist

Laboring in the Shade

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Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses

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Anna Louise James Makes History with Medicine

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Dr. E. Irene Boardman Never Stopped Serving the Public

The Education of Ella Grasso

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The Kewpies Buy A House in Westport

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Women and Defense: World War II on the Connecticut Home Front

Amelia Simmons Adds a Uniquely American Flavor to Cooking

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Beatrice Fox Auerbach: Retail Pioneer Led Iconic Family Department Store

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    Amanda P. Roy

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    Hartford

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Kate Moore: Lighthouse Keeper and Coast Guard Heroine

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Witchcraft in Connecticut

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Elizabeth Jarvis Colt Born – Today in History: October 5

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

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    Windsor

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Sanitary Fair – Today in History: July 25

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

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The Most Famous American in the World

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Educator Sarah Pierce Born – Today in History: June 26

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Votes for A Woman: Sara Buek Crawford

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Helen Keller Dies – Today in History: June 1

Mary Hall: Connecticut’s First Female Attorney

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Josephine Bennett: Hartford’s City Mother

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Albert Pope Pioneered Bicycles for Women

Katharine Hepburn’s Love Affair (with Connecticut)

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Elizabeth W. Coe Demands the Right of Jury Service

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    Patricia Smedley Buxton

  • Town(s):
    Waterbury

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Connecticut: Home to the Boxcar Children Mysteries – Who Knew?

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The Gettysburg Address and Heroic Fathers Bronze Tablets at the State Capitol

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Theodate Pope Riddle: Connecticut’s Pioneering Woman Architect

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Connecticut Lessons from a Tragedy

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A Woman Ahead of Her Time: Mabel Osgood Wright

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The Public Library Movement: Caroline Hewins Makes Room for Young Readers

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The First Hospice – Who Knew?

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Where It All Happened: Connecticut’s Old State House

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A Day for Women – Today in History: March 8

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Nancy Toney’s Lifetime in Slavery

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Charles McLean Andrews and Evangeline Walker Andrews

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A Woman Who Developed Tolerance: Leila T. Alexander

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Women Win the Right to Vote

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman Born – Today in History: July 3

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Where Mr. Twain and Mrs. Stowe Built Their Dream Houses

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Sarah Bernhardt Performs in Hartford – Today in History: June 8

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An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1929-1964

Catharine Beecher, Champion of Women’s Education

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Martha Graham, Connecticut College, and the American Dance Festival

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Miss Huntley’s School Opens – Today in History: August 1

Theodate Pope Riddle Dies – Today in History: August 30

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Waterbury’s Radium Girls

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First Human Test of a Nylon Parachute – Today in History: June 6

Frances Laughlin Wadsworth: Sculpting the Past

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Windsor’s “Murder Factory”

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Wethersfield Academy

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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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Connecticut’s First Female Telephone Operator – Today in History: March 24

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