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Activism · Washingtonhttps://todayincthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Aug17-TODAYINCTHIST-.mp3 Today in 1917, 28-year-old Connecticut activist and women’s suffrage advocate Catherine Flanagan was arrested for picketing in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. Flanagan and a small group of fellow suffragists had been picketing for 12 days in the same location, carrying a variety of banners bedecked in purple and gold (the colors of the Women’s Suffrag…Read Article
August 17: Catherine Flanagan’s Two (Very Different) Trips To Washington
Marlborough · Marlboroughhttps://todayincthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Aug16-TODAYINCTHIST-.mp3 Today in 1843, Mary Hall was born in Marlborough, Connecticut. Growing up on a farm in antebellum America, when high Victorian culture placed an increasingly stringent emphasis on female domesticity, made her perhaps one of the most unlikely candidates to defy gender norms and become the first woman in Connecticut to be admitted to the bar. However, Mary enjoyed s…Read Article
August 16: The Bar Unbarred — Connecticut’s First Woman Lawyer
Fairfield, Connecticut · Fairfieldhttps://todayincthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Aug14-TODAYINCTHIST-.mp3 Today in 1901, one of the most controversial events in aviation history took place in Fairfield, Connecticut. Inventor Gustave Whitehead executed a half-mile-long flight in his Flying Machine No. 21 at a height of 50 feet off the ground — over two years before the Wright Brothers made their much more famous flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. A few days later, …Read Article
