Remarkable Connecticut Women

Despite being the third smallest state, Connecticut can claim more than its share of remarkable women who have made lasting social, political, and cultural contributions to both their own state and to their nation. From Prudence Crandall, Connecticut's official State Heroine, who braved imprisonment for opening a school for black girls, to Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose classic Uncle Tom's Cabin urged the nation on a path towards abolition of slavery, to Margaret Fogarty Rudkin, who changed the nation's eating habits with her healthful bread made at Pepperidge Farm, Connecticut women have broken the rules to make their own and in the process improved their world, and ultimately ours, forever.

Author: Antonia Petrash
Publisher: Two Dot Books
Published: 10/01/2003
Pages: 163
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.18h x 5.84w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780762723713
ISBN10: 0762723718
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- History | United States | State & Local | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH,
- Travel | United States | Northeast | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI,

About the Author
Antonia Petrash was born and raised in New York and enjoys a deep and abiding interest in the history of the area, especially the history of its extraordinary women. In addition to her writing career, she works as a librarian and archivist and manages a small local history collection on Long Island. She is also the author of Globe Pequot's More than Petticoats: Remarkable New York Women.