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Tag: womens history

Hartford Sex Trade: Prostitutes and Politics

Ann Dunn and Caroline McElroy were unceremoniously escorted to the police station where they were charged with prostitution. The arrest … More

discrimination, hartford, women, womens history

A Feeling of Solidarity

It was March, 1912. Emily Pierson and her sister suffragists were on a statewide tour of Connecticut, putting up posters, … More

connecticut, hartford, radical history, shoeleather history, womens history, womens suffrage

Factory Girls Strike for Their Health

The factory owner demanded sixty hours a week from the young women employed at the Government Envelope Works on South … More

connecticut, Direct action, hartford, labor history, radical history, shoeleather history, union strike, womens history

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