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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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