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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