All posts tagged "Westport Conn."
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1.5KArts and LeisureHenry Savage Puts The Showgirls in the Broadway Show
At age 20, Mildred Taylor Mills’ future seemed stable. Heir to her father’s modest fortune, the Westport, Conn. girl was “for a...
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4.3KConnecticutDavid Wooster, Revolutionary War Hero, Befriends a Freed Slave
David Wooster is known more as the person who gave New Haven’s Wooster Square neighborhood its name than for his heroism during...
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5.0KConnecticutA Brahmin Suffragist Suffers a Night of Terror in Prison
On the night of Nov. 14, 1917, 63-year-old Mrs. John Winters Brannan wrapped herself in her heavy sealskin coat to protect herself...
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3.9K1Arts and LeisureNew England Places To Visit Now That It’s May
May is a wonderful month to visit New England places of historic interest. The dreary rain of April is behind us and...
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5.4K1Business and LaborIn 1947 Marion Donovan Defeats Diaper Rash
Marion Donovan was always destined to be an inventor – it was in her blood. Her brothers, father and uncle were all...
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6.8K4Arts and LeisureShirley Jackson Gets a Job at Macy’s
Shirley Jackson worked as a shop clerk at Macy’s by day and by night wrote stories that every middle-school child reads and...
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