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State Capitol will honor Black women who campaigned for voter rights

State Capitol will honor Black women who campaigned for voter rights
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The State Capitol, which opened in 1878, is a gold-domed, Victorian-Gothic creation designed by Richard M. Upjohn.BOB CHILD / AP
The historic 1878 State Capitol building, with its dozens of statues and displays of historic artifacts, will soon become more-inclusive, when a plaque honoring 29 Black women suffragists of the early 20th century is cast and installed in what advocates hope to be a public celebration.
It’s also a invitation to help solve mysteries, with many details on the women’s lives seemingly lost in the mists of the decades and generations. There are no available photos for a dozen of the women, all of whom were born in the 1800s. ....

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State Capitol will honor Black women who campaigned for voter rights

State Capitol will honor Black women who campaigned for voter rights
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The Work Must Be Done: Women of Color and the Right to Vote

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Women s History Month: The Work Must Be Done: Women of Color and the Right to Vote on Monday, March 22, 2021 at 6:30pm
Registration required. Register here.
Please join the Weston Historical Society, League of Women Voters of Weston and the Weston Public Library for this special and free event in honor of Women s History Month.
Inspired by the words of notable African American reformer and political activist, Mary Townsend Seymour, “the work must be done”, the Connecticut Historical Society presents exciting new research about Connecticut’s women of color who worked for women’s suffrage. ....

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Black women, trailblazers and icons in CT politics, reflect and plan

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CT is represented by only a handful of Black women. There s more work to do, they say.
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Pioneering Black women in Connecticut politics got together apart for a rare event Friday to talk about their paths to elective office, the trials along the way and the missions that remain at a time when there are only a half dozen in the General Assembly, and just two in New England’s congressional delegations. ....

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CT is represented by only a handful of Black women. 'There's more work to do,' they say.

CT is represented by only a handful of Black women. 'There's more work to do,' they say.
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