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Barbara McClintock, Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist
How can one person’s determination make a difference in our community, state, and world?
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The Problem with “Delinquent Women”: The Connecticut State Farm for Women, 1915-1938
To what extent should individuals, groups, and/or institutions have the power to make decisions about the lives and welfare of others?
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Trade between the Tunxis and the English in the 1700s
In what ways were the English and Indigenous peoples in Connecticut economically interconnected in the mid-1700s?
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Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb: A Role Model in STEM and Higher Education
To what extent is it easier for women and people of color to enter the fields of STEM and higher education today than it was in the 1950s–1990s?
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Making a Difference: Individuals in Connecticut History
What is the significance of Connecticut’s contribution to America’s story?
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Paving the “Way”: Connecticut Women Artists in the Early Republic
In what ways were women’s professional options linked to their educational opportunities in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?
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Connecticut Heroes of World War I
What is the significance of Connecticut’s contribution to America’s story?
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“Women of Connecticut: Are You Helping?” The Reaction to Emergency Food Measures During World War I
Do government campaigns to promote “voluntary” patriotic efforts in a time of war strengthen or weaken American democracy?
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“Saved.” Theodate Pope and the Sinking of the Lusitania
To what extent has the United States succeeded in remaining neutral in times of war or global conflict?
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Joining the War Effort, One Peach Pit at a Time
How does an entire society participate in war?
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“Making Munitions is a Woman’s Job” During World War I
What impact did the women of Connecticut have on the Great War (WWI)?
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The Amistad Incident and the Face of Slavery
What role did the Amistad incident play in the abolitionist movement in the United States?
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On the Move: The Bicycle, Women, and Social Change in the 19th Century
To what extent are technology, fashion, and social reform interconnected?
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Connecticut Women and the Women’s Suffrage Movement
How have American concepts of freedom and equality changed since the 1870s? How might the changes be perceived differently by different segments of the population?
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Roots of Labor Unrest in Progressive-Era CT
What were the causes of the labor unrest that roiled Connecticut in the years between 1900 and World War I?
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Accused: 17th-Century Witch Trials
What factors led to the 17th-century witchcraft trials in Connecticut?
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New London’s Role in American Independence
What was Connecticut’s role in the American Revolution?
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