Women - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
28 Mar 2026 at 12:04pm
From their unsung labors to society-changing accomplishments, Connecticut?s women have contributed to diversified fields of endeavor.
Catharine Beecher, Champion of Women?s Education
29 Mar 2026 at 3:42am
Sister to two of the most famous figures of the 19th century?Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher?Catharine Esther Beecher achieved fame in her own right as an educator, reformer, and writer.
Ida Tarbell: The Woman Who Took On Standard Oil
28 Mar 2026 at 6:30pm
Ida Tarbell became one of the most famous "muckraking" journalists in 19th century America, thanks largely to her investigation of the Standard Oil Company.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Connecticut History
27 Mar 2026 at 8:16am
By Amy Gagnon Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a noted writer, lecturer, economist, and theorist who fought for women?s domestic rights and women?s suffrage in the early 1900s. Born in Hartford to Frederick Beecher Perkins and Mary Fitch Westcott Perkins, Charlotte Anna Perkins had one brother, Thomas Adie, 14 months her senior. Her great-grandfather on her father?s side was Dr. Lyman ...
Emmeline Pankhurst?s ?Freedom or Death ... - Connecticut History
27 Mar 2026 at 7:04am
In 1913, a famous British suffragist, Emmeline Pankhurst, gave a powerful and memorable speech on the steps of the Parsons Theater in Hartford.
Sarah Boone: First Connecticut Black Woman to Receive Patent
28 Mar 2026 at 9:15pm
In1892, Sarah Boone of New Haven became the first Black woman in Connecticut to be awarded a patent?for an improvement in the use of an ironing board.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn, A Woman Before Her Time
29 Mar 2026 at 9:04am
This Hartford suffragist and reformer fought for women?s rights in the first half of the 20th century.
Benjamin Spock: Raising the World?s Children - Connecticut History
23 Mar 2026 at 4:24am
By Andy Piascik When Dr. Benjamin Spock authored The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care in 1946, he became the world?s most famous pediatrician. His book made an immediate impact and, despite heavy criticism from some, remains among the most influential works written on the subject to date. Benjamin Spock Born in New Haven Benjamin Spock was born on May 2, 1903, in New Haven ...
Business and Industry - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
27 Mar 2026 at 4:30pm
Sophia Woodhouse Welles: Wethersfield?s World-Famous Bonnet Maker June 7, 2023 ? Expansion and Reform 1801-1861, Business and Industry, Invention and Technology, Women, Work, Wethersfield Wethersfield?s Sophia Woodhouse Welles made a name for herself as an inventor and a businesswoman in antebellum America with her bonnets. Read
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28 Mar 2026 at 12:04pm
From their unsung labors to society-changing accomplishments, Connecticut?s women have contributed to diversified fields of endeavor.
Catharine Beecher, Champion of Women?s Education
29 Mar 2026 at 3:42am
Sister to two of the most famous figures of the 19th century?Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher?Catharine Esther Beecher achieved fame in her own right as an educator, reformer, and writer.
Ida Tarbell: The Woman Who Took On Standard Oil
28 Mar 2026 at 6:30pm
Ida Tarbell became one of the most famous "muckraking" journalists in 19th century America, thanks largely to her investigation of the Standard Oil Company.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Connecticut History
27 Mar 2026 at 8:16am
By Amy Gagnon Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a noted writer, lecturer, economist, and theorist who fought for women?s domestic rights and women?s suffrage in the early 1900s. Born in Hartford to Frederick Beecher Perkins and Mary Fitch Westcott Perkins, Charlotte Anna Perkins had one brother, Thomas Adie, 14 months her senior. Her great-grandfather on her father?s side was Dr. Lyman ...
Emmeline Pankhurst?s ?Freedom or Death ... - Connecticut History
27 Mar 2026 at 7:04am
In 1913, a famous British suffragist, Emmeline Pankhurst, gave a powerful and memorable speech on the steps of the Parsons Theater in Hartford.
Sarah Boone: First Connecticut Black Woman to Receive Patent
28 Mar 2026 at 9:15pm
In1892, Sarah Boone of New Haven became the first Black woman in Connecticut to be awarded a patent?for an improvement in the use of an ironing board.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn, A Woman Before Her Time
29 Mar 2026 at 9:04am
This Hartford suffragist and reformer fought for women?s rights in the first half of the 20th century.
Benjamin Spock: Raising the World?s Children - Connecticut History
23 Mar 2026 at 4:24am
By Andy Piascik When Dr. Benjamin Spock authored The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care in 1946, he became the world?s most famous pediatrician. His book made an immediate impact and, despite heavy criticism from some, remains among the most influential works written on the subject to date. Benjamin Spock Born in New Haven Benjamin Spock was born on May 2, 1903, in New Haven ...
Business and Industry - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
27 Mar 2026 at 4:30pm
Sophia Woodhouse Welles: Wethersfield?s World-Famous Bonnet Maker June 7, 2023 ? Expansion and Reform 1801-1861, Business and Industry, Invention and Technology, Women, Work, Wethersfield Wethersfield?s Sophia Woodhouse Welles made a name for herself as an inventor and a businesswoman in antebellum America with her bonnets. Read
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