Remarkable Women of Hartford - Hardcover

Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 154022287X ISBN 13: 9781540222879

Publisher: History Press Library Editions, 2014

Synopsis

Connecticut's capital has served as home to some of the most influential women in the state's history, but few know the stories of their lives and accomplishments. Nineteenth-century abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin" became a catalyst for the Civil War. Ella Grasso was the first woman elected governor in the United States. Hannah Bunce Watson, publisher of the "Hartford Courant," never skipped a single edition during the Revolutionary War. Through these and many more inspiring profiles, author and journalist Cynthia Wolfe Boynton chronicles the struggles and triumphs of some of Hartford's most remarkable women."

About this title

About the Author:

An award-wining journalist, playwright and poet, Cindy Boynton is a freelance writer whose background includes more than fifteen years as a regular correspondent for the New York Times and nine years as editor and publishing director of Better Health magazine. Cindy is also an English and communications instructor at the Yale School of Medicine and Housatonic Community College, as well as host of the weekly Literary New England Radio Show podcast.

About this edition

• Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 154022287X
• ISBN 13: 9781540222879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 146