secondary Programs

This Program traces the stories of some of Connecticut’s most remarkable African American heroines. Your students and you will be inspired as we explore the important contributions of African American women across multiple fields of endeavor.

Featuring: Maria Miller Stewart, Mary Townsend Seymour, Martha Minerva Franklin, Laura Wheeler Waring, Marian Anderson, Ann Petry, Colonel Ruth Lucas, Constance Baker Motley, and Denise Nappier

A panoramic view exploring the stories of our 133 inductees from all fields of endeavor from politics and sports to business, the arts, and STEM. Learn about Connecticut’s role in shaping our state, our nation, and our world through the stories of some of Connecticut’s most well-known and lesser-known heroines.

Featuring: Prudence Crandall, Isabella Beecher Hooker, The Smiths of Glastonbury, Alice Paul, Ella Tambussi Grasso, Maria Colon Sanchez, Margaret Fogarty Rudkin, Dorrit Hoffleit, Donna Lopiano, Rebecca Lobo, Marian Anderson, Maria Miller Stewart, Mary Townsend Seymour, Denise Nappier, Mary Hall, Constance Baker Motley, Mary Goodrich Jenson, Adrianne Baughns-Wallace, and Joan Joyce.

Do your students struggle to be confident in themselves and their abilities? Even extraordinary and accomplished people have these same concerns. See how some of our state’s most remarkable women overcame obstacles and grew into confident leaders!

Featuring: Mary Townsend Seymour, Sophie Tucker, Dorrit Hoffleit, Constance Baker Motley, Maria Colon Sanchez, Rosa Ponselle, Adrianne Baughns-Wallace, Margaret Fogarty Rudkin, Donna Lopiano, Prudence Crandall, and Marian Anderson

Connecticut may be a small state, but its women have had (and continue to have) a major impact on global events! This program explores the role Connecticut women have played on the international stage across a variety of fields from politics and international law to business, health, and humanitarian policy.

Featuring: Margaret Bourke-White, Helen Smits, Indra Nooyi, and Carolyn Miles

What role has Connecticut played in America’s larger story? How did Connecticut women help to shape our state, our nation, and our world? This interactive program explores the stories of some of Connecticut’s remarkable women from the colonial period through the Civil War.

Featuring: Hannah Bunce, Watson, Maria Miller Stewart, Prudence Crandall, Sarah Porter, Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Isabella Beecher Hooker, The Smiths of Glastonbury, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, Emeline Roberts Jones, and Mary Hall

This program explores the community advocacy of Maria Sanchez, who moved from Comerio, Puerto Rico, to Hartford, Connecticut at the age of 28. With only an eighth-grade education, she became a community leader ensuring that the Puerto Rican community in Hartford was heard.

Featuring: Maria Sanchez

Connecticut has been home to some amazing women in medicine! In this program, students will explore the stories and contributions of women who have shaped the world of medicine from dentistry and nursing to international health policy reform.

Featuring: Emily Dunning Barringer, Emeline Robert Jones, Martha Minerva Franklin, Alice Hamilton, Barbara McClintock, Florence Wald, Carolyn Mazure, Hilda Crosby Standish, and Helen Smits

This program offers a deeper dive into the female voices that have helped change the face of democracy in the U.S.

Featuring: Marian Anderson, Isabella Beecher Hooker, The Smiths of Glastonbury, Alice Paul, Mary Townsend Seymour, Antonina Uccello, Ella Tambussi Grasso, MAria Colon Sanchez, Denise Nappier, Mary Hall, Constance Baker Motley, Catharine Roraback, Estelle Griswold, Helen Keller, Jewel Plummer Cobb, Donna Lopiano, and Anne Stanback

Has anyone ever told you that you couldn’t succeed? How have you proved them wrong? Join us for an interactive multi-media program and be inspired by the stories of some of Connecticut’s remarkable women who overcame obstacles and objections to achieve great things!

Featuring: Helen Smits, Emeline Robert Jones, Mary Hall, Theodate Pope Riddle, Dorrit Hoffleit, Constance Baker Motley, Ella Tambussi Grasso, Barbara McClintock, The Smiths of Glastonbury, and Alice Paul

Jewish Women in Connecticut have made a lasting impact on our society. They have made significant contributions to the arts, business, and religious life. Their accomplishments are as varied as their struggles, and their stories inspire us to create new history.

Featuring: Beatrice Fox Auerbach, Sophie Tucker, Anni Albers, Margaret Bourke-White, Jody Cohen, and Annie Leibovitz

Women have been transforming our world through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for centuries - yet they have historically been left out of the conversation and even discouraged from participating in these fields. Today only 25% of STEM jobs in the U.S. are held by women and more than two-thirds of young women feel they must work harder than men to be taken seriously in STEM. This program traces the roots of these issues and demonstrates the myriad ways Connecticut women in STEM have transformed our world.

Featuring: Emeline Roberts Jones, Emily Dunning Barringer, THeodate Pope Riddle, Alice Hamilton, Dr. Barbara McClintock, Dorrit Hoffleit, Jewel Plummer Cobb, and Jenny Lawton

It’s been a century since American women won the right to vote, but women still lag well behind men in terms of political representation. This program traces the fight for women’s suffrage through the eyes of Connecticut suffragists.

Featuring: Isabella Beecher Hooker, Mary Hall, The Smiths of Glastonbury, Augusta Lewis Troup, Alice Paul, Katharine Houghton Hepburn, and Mary Townsend Seymour

What role(s) have Connecticut women played in conflict at home and abroad? This program traces the stories of remarkable Connecticut women and their impact on wars from the American Revolution through the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Featuring: Sybil Luddington, Hannah Bunce Watson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Elizabeth Jarvis Colt, Mary Goodrich Jenson, Martha Minerva Franklin, Margaret Bourke-White, Colonel Ruth Lucas, Jane Hamilton-Merritt, Major Regina Rush-Kittle, Anne Garrels, Captain Kristen Griest

There are many ways to change the world…including through visual arts! Connecticut has been home to some truly remarkable female artists as well as some women who were vital to nurturing the arts through their philanthrophy.

Featuring: Elizabeth Jarvis Colt, Florence Griswold, Evelyn Batchelder, Laura Wheeler Waring, Anni Albers, Helen Frankenthaler, Margaret Bourke-White, and Annie Leibovitz

Connecticut has been home to some incredible writers and journalists, and this program explores the contributions of some of the remarkable women who have shaped our understanding of the world through their writing and reporting.

Featuring: Helen Keller, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Clare Boothe Luce, Ann Petry, Margaret Bourke-White, Adrianne Baughns-Wallace, Jane Hamilton Merritt, Anne Garrels, Jane Pauley, and Annie Leibovitz