Women's History Month - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

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

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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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Sarah Boone: First Connecticut Black Woman to Receive Patent

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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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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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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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Maria Sánchez, State Representative and Community Advocate

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Ann Petry: Old Saybrook’s Bestselling African American Author

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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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Frances Laughlin Wadsworth: Sculpting the Past

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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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Windsor’s “Murder Factory”

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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 Hart Willard: Leader in Women’s Education

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Marietta Canty House

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

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Ida Tarbell: The Woman Who Took On Standard Oil

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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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Thanksgiving and Christmas at Long Lane, 1874

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Taking on the State: Griswold v. Connecticut

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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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Catharine Beecher, Champion of Women’s Education

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

Prudence Crandall Fights for Equal Access to Education

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Martha Graham, Connecticut College, and the American Dance Festival

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Washington’s Sister Susie Society

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Sarah Pierce’s Litchfield Female Academy

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

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

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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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New Canaan’s Pioneering Female Physician

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Vera Buch Weisbord’s “Radical” Life

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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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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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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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Remembering Fredi Washington: Actress, Activist, and Journalist

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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A Godmother to Ravensbrück Survivors

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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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Kate Moore: Lighthouse Keeper and Coast Guard Heroine

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State Heroine Prudence Crandall

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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Votes for A Woman: Sara Buek Crawford

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Mary Hall: Connecticut’s First Female Attorney

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Josephine Bennett: Hartford’s City Mother

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Katharine Hepburn’s Love Affair (with Connecticut)

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Elizabeth W. Coe Demands the Right of Jury Service

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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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Munitions Assembly Line 1943

Nancy Toney’s Lifetime in Slavery

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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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Video – Rosalind Russell Tribute Film

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Video – Augusta Lewis Troup Tribute Film

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Map: Connecticut Women in History (more to come…)

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 – 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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