All posts tagged "voting"
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3.3KMassachusettsHow Louisa May Alcott Voted for the First Time in 1880
On March 29, 1880, Louisa May Alcott voted with 19 other women for the first time at the Concord Town Meeting. The...
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5.1K2New HampshireWhen Calling Someone a New Englander Was an Insult
In November 1852, newspapers in Pennsylvania gave over 650 words to assailing the flaws of the New Englander. In a wide-ranging screed...
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7.5K1ConnecticutThe Antis: Women Who Fought Against the Vote
In the late 19th century, women known as antis began to organize against women who wanted the right to vote. The antis...
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4.5K6Massachusetts8 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King in New England
Martin Luther King spent plenty of time in New England, and not just giving speeches about civil rights. He worked in Connecticut...
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10.3K3Religion and Social MovementsThe Anti-Wedding of Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell
Henry Blackwell fell in love at first sight. Lucy Stone, the mild- looking but fire-breathing women’s rights advocate, mesmerized the young man....
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11.6K8Connecticut6 Revolutionary Taverns
The American Revolution probably wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the Revolutionary taverns where patriots and Loyalists gathered to talk...
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4.7K4ConnecticutThe Glastonbury Cows and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage
In the early days of the fight for women’s voting rights, Connecticut’s Glastonbury cows were the stars of the show. In June...
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3.9K1ConnecticutWhen Greenwich Kicked Out the United Nations
Peace after World War II was shattered in Greenwich, Conn., when a United Nations site committee started looking at land for its...
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13.1K1ConnecticutItalians in New England Declared Enemy Aliens in WWII
Angela Puleo was one of thousands of Italian immigrants stigmatized as enemy aliens by the government during World War II . Two...
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8.7K4MaineLet Them Eat Lobster – Marie Antoinette Plans To Move to Maine
Marie Antoinette and Maine hardly trip off the tongue together, but an intrepid ship captain from the state nearly saved the life...
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