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Women - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
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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Sophia Woodhouse Welles: Wethersfield’s World-Famous Bonnet Maker
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The Lives of Addie Brown and Rebecca Primus Told Through their Loving Letters
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Crisis Management during the American Civil War: The Hartford Soldiers’ Aid Society
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From Bombs to Bras: World War I Conservation Measures Transform the Lives of Women
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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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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
State Heroine Prudence Crandall
Miss Huntley’s School Opens – Today in History: August 1
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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First Human Test of a Nylon Parachute – Today in History: June 6
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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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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Video – Sophie Tucker Tribute Film
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Video – Emily Dunning Barringer Tribute Film
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Connecticut Suffragists 1919
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Connecticut Lessons from a Tragedy
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Waterbury’s Radium Girls
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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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Munitions Assembly Line 1943
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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Video – Rosalind Russell Tribute Film
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An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1929-1964
Video – Augusta Lewis Troup Tribute Film
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Video – Dotha Bushnell Hillyer Tribute Film
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Video – Helen Keller Tribute Film
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Video – Florence Wald Tribute Film
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Video – Barbara McClintock Tribute Film
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Video – Mary Townsend Seymour Tribute Film
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Video – Florence Griswold Tribute Film
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Video – Connecticut’s Cultural Treasures: Hill-Stead Museum
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Video – Martha Parsons Tribute Film
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Video – Connecticut’s Cultural Treasures: Prudence Crandall Museum
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Wethersfield Academy Est. 1804
Looking Back: How the Vote Was Won
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