Remarkable Connecticut Women

by Antonia Petrash

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762723718
• ISBN13: 9780762723713
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Two Dot Books
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 9.2"