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19th Amendment: The Fight over Women Suffrage in Connecticut. Connecticut History,

Connecticut Humanities, 18 Aug. 2015, connecticuthistory.org/19th-amendment-the-

fight-over-woman-suffrage-in-connecticut/. Accessed 10 Nov. 2016. This source provided

very specific information to me on suffrage through the years in Connecticut and how it

shifted from the less extremist with less valued opinions group, the CWSA, to the radical

open-minded strong-voiced CWNP. Also, it provides me information on who are some of

the suffragettes in CT like the founder Isabella Beecher Hooker,Edna Purtell,and Frances

Ellen Burr.

Connecticut Suffragists 1919. Connecticut History, Connecticut Humanities, 2016,

connecticuthistory.org/connecticut-suffragists-1919/. Accessed 14 Nov. 2016. This source

is helping me find good research and good information because it tells me about what

they did to protest and advocate for their rights like doing demonstrations involving

picketing, marching,and burning speeches. Also, it gives me information on the places

and people in these events like Washington D.C. and the Bridgeport town square.

Isabella Beecher Hooker. Connecticut Womens Hall of Fame, 2016,

www.cwhf.org/inductees/reformers/isabella-beecher-hooker#.WCJZ-dArLnA. Accessed

8 Nov. 2016. This source did a great job informing me on how Isabella Beecher Hooker

was the founder of the Connecticut Women suffrage association, the main group of

suffragists in Connecticut. It also shows me what she did to make the group known and

the beliefs and rules of members of the group like there should be birth control and

abortion allowed and the main one, that women deserved the right to vote.
Jenkins, Jessica D. The Long and Bumpy Road to Womens Suffrage. Connecticut Explorer,

2016, pp. 24-29. This source is useful to me because it did a great job explaining the

challenges members of the CWSA faced to get their voice to be heard and the

demonstrations they did and the meetings they held to get their voice out there and

advocate for themselves. Also, it shows me how them doing this and their opinion

affected the countrys beliefs and ultimately changed the decision on the amendment.

Jones, Mark, and Nancy O. Albert. Setting the Watch Fires of Liberty. Hog River Journal, Fall

2005. This source is useful because it gives specific information on what the suffragists

did to promote their opinion on the issue and the challenges they faced and people that

did not trust them. Also, it gives information on groups more extreme than the CWSA

like the NWP and Connecticut groups against the CWSA like the CAOWS.

Petrash, Antonia. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Connecticut Women. Guilford, Globe

Pequot Press, 2004. This source provided an indepth look at Katharine Houghton

Hepburns life, who was a leader of the CWSA and then a leader in the CWNP, the

Connecticut branch of the radical suffrage group the NWP. It gives information on the

challenges she faced and what gave her the need and want to immerse herself in the

movement and how she helped show and fight for her beliefs.

Women Win the Right to Vote. Connecticut History, Connecticut Humanitites, 18 Aug. 2016,

connecticuthistory.org/?s=suffrage. Accessed 10 Nov. 2016. This source did a good job

relaying information on the way the Connecticut Suffragettes fought to win the right to

vote, including actions the took like demonstrations, protests, and meetings. Also, it gives

me good information on the CAOWS an organization opposing the CWSA and how this

group affected their stance.