Connecticut (2 total)
Evolution of Hearthstone Castle
Hearthstone Castle is a commanding building overlooking most of the City of Danbury. Built in the late 19th century, the castle is an example of American architecture in the Gilded Age. After changing hands numerous times, Hearthstone eventually landed under the ownership of Danbury, where local squabbles prevented the building from being maintained. The events regarding Hearthstone show what can happen when a town does not agree on historic preservation, and how an entire community can suffer.
The Election of 1920: Danbury and Connecticut
As the first national political election to ever permit the votes of women, the election of 1920 was a milestone for the men and women that had been working for women’s suffrage since the founding of the country. Following Connecticut’s ratification of the 19th Amendment, voting registrars all over the state scrambled to register women and new voters just weeks before the election. Participation of voters on became so immense the Election Day was established a national holiday for the Election of 1920. Come Election Day, the streets of Connecticut bustled with the heels and hats of thousands of women ready to exercise their new right to influence politics through voting. Voter rolls filled quickly with names of women who had waited many years to stand before a ballot which they could cast as their own, such as Elizabeth Hyslop who was 80 years old when she cast the first ballot in the Danbury election of 1920. Participation in the election went beyond the traditional…