Manuscript Collections
Italian Mothers Club scrapbook, 1931-1966
Italian Mothers Club (Hartford, Conn.)
Call Number
MS 1931 ITALIAN
Business and Professional Women's Club
Business and Professional Women's Club (Hartford, Conn.)
Call Number
MS 1919 BUSINESS
Union for Home Work (Hartford)
Annual reports, constitution and by-laws
1876 – 1882, 1885 – 1887, 1899 – 1917
Call Number
MS 1876 UNION
Hartford Woman’s Club (formerly The Motherhood Club)
Annual reports:
1912 – 1922 (The Motherhood Club), 1922 – 1926, 1928 – 1929, 1932 - 1933
Yearbooks: 1938 – 1939, 1940 – 1941, 1967 - 1968
Fiftieth Anniversary publication 1896 – 1946
Call Number
MS 1912 HARTFORD
Gwen Reed collection
Call Number
MS 1936 REED
Pamphlet Collection
1807 Algar, Elizabeth. Tis All of the Best, Exemplified in the Character of Mrs. Simpson…
1813 Hartford Female Beneficent Society. The Act of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Society. Hartford, Hale and Hosmer, 1873.
1813 A Treatise on Unlawfulness of Marrying a Brother’s Wife Together with Remarks on the Marriage of a Wife’s Sister. Peter B Gleason and Co., 1813.
1839 Report on the Proceedings on the Petition of Mrs. Sarah Jarvis, for a Divorce from Her Husband, Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis…before a Committee of the Legislature of Connecticut.
1846 Brace, John P. Lectures to Young Converts Delivered to the Pupils of the Hartford Female Seminary.
1873 Connecticut Industrial School for Girls. Annual Report, Third.
1884-1886 Woman’s Aid Society of Hartford. Annual Report, 6th – 8th.
1887 The Housekeepers Friend. J. Mandlebaum and Sons, Fancy and Furnishing Goods.
1889 Connecticut Women’s Temperance Society. Convention. 16th. Proceedings.
1889 Steele’s School for Young Ladies. Catalogue 1889 – 1890.
1890 The Widow’s Home. Hartford.
1893 The Widow’s Society. Memorial Sketches.
1898 Nott, Samuel. The Widows’ Homes…
1902 Women’s Christian Association (Hartford, Conn.). Annual Report 35th.
1911 Three Plays for the Benefit of the Shelter for Women at Unity Hall
1913-14 Connecticut Congress of Mothers for Child Welfare. Yearbook, 1913-1914.
1930 Hartford. Girl Scouts…Camp Merritt.
1935 Girls’ Club of the Two Hartfords. The Glorious Venture.
1935 Hartford Society of Woman Painters. Annual Exhibition. 7th (Feb. 9-28, 1935).
1971 Polish Women’s Alliance of America.
1973 Women’s Liberation Center, Inc. “Women’s Voice of Greater Hartford”, volume 2, number 2, February.
1974 Women’s Legislative Review. Alert, volume 11, no. 2 (April 1974).
1974 Connecticut. Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. Did You Know That…
1974 Hartford College. Counseling Center for Women. Bulletin #3 (winter/spring 1974).
1974 National Secretaries’ Association. Hartford Chapter. Hart-line. 25th Anniversary, 1949-1974.
1975 Connecticut. Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. Day Care in Connecticut—Problems and Perspectives.
1975-76 Women in Communications, Inc. Directory of Professional Members.
1976 National Organization for Women. Shoulder to Shoulder…Regional Conference, March 19-21, 1976.
1980 Girl Scouts of America. Conn. Troup 84. Warburton Community Girl Scout Troup 84 Honors Women Leaders.
Hartford Imprints
A Handbook of the Law for the Use of Connecticut Women
Horn, H. Harcourt (Henry Harcourt), 1845-
Call Number
HI 1928 HORN
Publication Date
1928
Legal Disabilities of Married Women in Connecticut
Hickox, George A.
Call Number
HI 1871 HICKOX
Publication Date
1871
Woman Physiologically Considered: as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce
Walker, Alexander, 1779-1852.
Call Number
HI 1854 WALKER
Publication Date
1854
Tales of Woman's Trials
Hall, S. C., Mrs., 1800-1881.
Call Number
HI 1850 HALL
Publication Date
1850
The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, Civil, Military, Naval and Domestic: with Famous Words and Deeds of Women, Sanitary and Hospital Scenes, Prison Experiences
Devens, R. M. (Richard Miller)
Call Number
HI 1866 DEVENS
Publication Date
1866
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-fields
Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898, author.
Call Number
HI 1865 EDMONDS
Publication Date
1865
Women of the War: Their Heroism and Self-Sacrifice
Moore, Frank, 1828-1904.
Call Number
HI 1866 MOORE
Publication Date
1866
My Story of the War: a Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps, and at the Front During the War of the Rebellion. With Anecdotes, Pathetic Incidents, and Thrilling Reminiscences Portraying the Lights and Shadows of Hospital Life and the Sanitary Service of the War.
Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905.
Call Number
HI 1888 LIVERMORE
Publication Date
1888
Darkness and Daylight; or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life. A Woman's Story of Gospel, Temperance, Mission, and Rescue Work...
Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918.
Call Number
HI 1892 CAMPBELL
Publication Date
1892
Ten Years in Washington: or, Life and Scenes in Our National Capital, as a Woman Sees Them
Clemmer, Mary, 1839-1884.
Call Number
HI 1882 CLEMMER
Publication Date
1882
The Mormon wife; a Life Story of the Sacrifices, Sorrows and Sufferings of Woman. A Narrative of Many Years' Personal Experience
Ward, Maria.
Call Number
HI 1873 WARD
Publication Date
1873
My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's. Designed as a Beacon Light, to Guide Women to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, but Which May be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, Without Injury to Themselves or the Book
Holley, Marietta, 1836-1926.
Call Number
HI 1873 HOLLEY
Publication Date
1873
Abby Smith and Her Cows
Smith, Julia E., 1792-1886.
Call Number
HI 1877 SMITH
Publication Date
1972,1877
Woman on the American Frontier: a Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic"
Fowler, William Worthington, 1833-1881.
Call Number
HI 1880 FOWLER
Publication Date
1880,1876
On the State House Steps
Potter, Mary Redfield.
Call Number
HI 1896 POTTER
Publication Date
1895-1896
History of the Work of Connecticut Women at the Worlds̕ Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.
Connecticut. Board of Lady Managers. World's Columbian Exposition.
Call Number
HI 1898 CONNECTICUT BOARD OF LADY MANAGE
Publication Date
1898
Our Famous Women; an Authorized Record of the Lives and Deeds of Distinguished American Women of our Times; an Entirely New Work, Full of Romantic Story, Lively Humor, Thrilling Experiences, Tender Pathos, and Brilliant Wit, with Numerous Anecdotes, Incidents, and Personal Reminiscences
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911.
Call Number
HI 1884 PHELPS
Publication Date
1883-1884
Letters on Female Character; Addressed to a Young Lady, on the Death of her Mother
Cary, Virginia, 1786-1852.
Call Number
HI 1831 CARY
Publication Date
1831
The History of Lucy Clare: as Related by a Clergyman, Being Intended for the Use of Young Women
Sherwood, Mary Martha, 1775-1851.
Call Number
HI 1828 SHERWOOD M
Publication Date
1828
The Friendly Instructor; or, A Companion for Young Ladies, and Young Gentlemen: in Which Their Duty to God and Their Parents, Their Carriage to Superiors and Inferiors, and Several Other Very Useful and Instructive Lessons are Recommended in Plain and Familiar Dialogues
Harrison, Elizabeth, active 1724-1756.
Call Number
HI 1807 HARRISON
Publication Date
1807
A Mirror for the Female Sex: Historical Beauties for Young Ladies, Intended to Lead the Female Mind to the Love and Practice of Moral Goodness: Designed Principally for the Use of Ladies' Schools
Pilkington, Mrs. (Mary), 1766-1839.
Call Number
HI 1799 PILKINGTON
Publication Date
1799
Letters to a Young Lady, on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects: Calculated to Improve the Heart, to Form the Manners, and Enlighten the Understanding. "That our Daughters May be as Polished Corners of the Temple."
Bennett, John.
Call Number
HI 1792 BENNETT
Publication Date
1791
American Cookery: or, The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, & Vegetables: and the Best Modes of Making Pastes, Puffs, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards & Preserves: and all Kinds of Cakes, from the Imperial Plumb to Plain Cake: Adapted to this Country, & all Grades of Life
Simmons, Amelia.
Call Number
HI 1937 SIMMONS
Publication Date
1937
Homemaker's Guide, with Selected Recipes
America, Mrs., pseud.
Call Number
HI 1954 AMERICA
Publication Date
1954
Choice Receipts, Selected from the Best Manuscript Authorities…Published for the Benefit of Christ Church Fair
Call Number
HI 1872 CHOICE
Publication Date
1872
Hartford History Center Vertical Files
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Societies and Clubs
Last of the Red Hot Mommas
Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966.
Call Number
JAZZ VOCALS-T
Format:
Audio disc
Publication Date
1998
Sophie Tucker: Her Greatest Spicy Saucy Songs
Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966
Call Number
AV 19UU TUCKER
Publication Date
1956
Courageous Connections: Girls, Women, and Education
Debold, Elizabeth.
Call Number
VIDEO - WOMEN'S INTEREST/C
Books
His religion and Hers: a Study of the Faith of our Fathers and the Work of our Mothers
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935.
Call Number
HQ1221 .G53 1926 HCOLL
Publication Date
1976, 1923
Conversing with our International Visitors: Proceedings of the Seminar to Discuss Some Aspects of American Life ... Held at Storrs, Connecticut June 22, 23, 24, 1966
Woodhouse, Chase Going, 1890-1984.
Call Number
E169.1 .C76
Publication Date
1966
Matched words
Service Bureau for Women's Organizations.
In Memoriam: Alice Miller: Born February 12, 1846. Died January 24, 1916.
C. G. F. G.
Call Number
CT226.5 .I6
Publication Date
1942
The Character of a Virtuous and Good Woman: a Discourse, Delivered by the Desire and in the Presence of the Female Beneficent Society, in Hartford, October 4th, A.D. 1809
Strong, Nathan, 1748-1816.
Call Number
BV4309 .S87 C52
Publication Date
1809
Catalog of the Lorenz Collection of World War Autographs, Comprising Original Signed Photographs and Letters Contributed by Men and Women Who Were Active in the Great War ...
Lorenz, William Albert.
Call Number
D503 .L871 1921 HCOLL OVERSIZE
Publication Date
1921
Ready Reference: Published by Nathaniel Lyon Woman's Relief Corps No. 2, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic.
Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.). Nathaniel Lyon Corps No. 2 (Hartford, Conn.)
Call Number
RC86 .W8
Publication Date
1907
100 of the Best Recipes of the Women's Auxiliary
Hartford Hospital. Women's Auxiliary.
Call Number
TX715 .H37
Publication Date
1954
Personal Recipes
Baptist Church (Hartford, Conn.). Woman's Society.
Call Number
TX715 .B27
Publication Date
1954
Hartford Election Cake and Other Receipts: Chiefly from Manuscript Sources
Johnson, Ellen Wadsworth, -1896.
Call Number
TX715 .J6
Publication Date
1889
Sister Dora Cook Book: Containing More than Four Hundred Tested Receipts from our Best Housekeepers
Sister Dora Society (Hartford, Conn.)
Call Number
TX715 .S52
Publication Date
1886
Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper: Containing Five Hundred Recipes for Economical and Healthful Cooking; also, Many Directions for Securing Health and Happiness...
Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878.
Call Number
TX145 .B42
Publication Date
1874
The American Woman's Home, or, Principles of Domestic Science: Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful and Christian Homes
Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878.
Call Number
TX145 .B415
Publication Date
1869
Catharine Esther Beecher (Pioneer Educator)
Harveson, Mae Elizabeth, 1895-
Call Number
LA2317 .B35 H3 1969 HCOLL
Publication Date
1969,1932
Forerunner
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935 editor.
Call Number
HQ1101 .F6 1968 HCOLL VOL.1-7
Publication Date 1909-1916
Building Domestic Liberty: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Architectural Feminism
Allen, Polly Wynn, 1936-
Call Number
PS1744 .G57 Z54
Publication Date
1988
Letters to Young Ladies
Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Huntley) 1791-1865.
Call Number
LC1441 .S6 1833 HCOLL
Publication Date
1833
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Woman Crusader
Rouverol, Jean.
Call Number
B STO
Publication Date
1968
The Mystic Key: or, The Asylum Secret Unlocked
Packard, E. P. W. (Elizabeth Parsons Ware), 1816-1897.
Call Number
HQ1001 .P23 A3 1882
Publication Date
1882
Living with Jim Crow: African American Women and Memories of the Segregated South
Valk, Anne M., 1964-
Call Number
E185.61 .V35 2010
Publication Date
2010
Women and Children First: the Horrible Hartford Circus Fire
Roy, Donald H.
Call Number
F104 .H3 R69 2008
Publication Date
2008
Beyond the Narrow Gate: the Journey of Four Chinese Women from the Middle Kingdom to Middle America
Chang, Leslie.
Call Number
E184.C5 C445 1999 HCOLL
Publication Date
1999
The Letter Kills but the Spirit Gives Life: the Smiths--Abolitionists, Suffragists, Bible Translators
Housley, Kathleen L.
Call Number
F104 .G5 H68
Publication Date
1993
The Book of Women's Firsts: Break-through Achievements of Almost 1,000 American Women
Read, Phyllis J.
Call Number
CT3260 .R428 REF J
Publication Date
1992
Ella Tambussi Grasso: From Daughter of Emigrants to First Woman Governor of an American State
Serpa, Marcella.
Call Number
F101.3 .G73 S47 2009
Publication Date
2009
A Woman in Business: the Life of Beatrice Fox Auerbach
Hale, Virginia.
Call Number
HC102.5 .A8 H34 2008
Publication Date
2008
Crooked Road Straight: the Awakening of AIDS Activist Linda Jordan
Brown, Tina A.
Call Number
RA644 .A25 B77 2008
Publication Date
2008
Anna: a Woman of Spirit: the Life & Writings of Anna Howard Poole Swett, 1883-1962
Swett, Steven C.
Call Number
CT275 .S9865 S94 2000
Publication Date
2000
Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends: Letters from Rebecca Primus of Royal Oak, Maryland, and Addie Brown of Hartford, Connecticut, 1854-1868
Primus, Rebecca, 1836-1932.
Call Number
F189.R69 P75 1999 HCOLL
Publication Date
1999
Connecticut Speaks for Itself: Firsthand Accounts of Life in the Nutmeg State from Colonial Times to the Present Day
Shuldiner, David Philip.
Call Number
F94 .C775 1996 OVERSIZE HCOLL
Publication Date
1996
Tempest-Tossed: the Spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker
Campbell, Susan, 1959-
Call Number
HQ1413 .H65 C36 2013
Publication Date
2014
Connecticut Witch Trials: the First Panic in the New World
Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe, author.
Call Number
KFC3678.8 .W5 B69 2014
Publication Date
2014
A Shoeleather History of the Wobblies: Stories of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in Connecticut
Thornton, Steve (Union organizer)
Call Number
HD8083 .C6 T46 2013
Publication Date
2013
The Status of Women in Connecticut: Politics, Economics, Health, Demographics
Institute for Women's Policy Research.
Call Number
HQ1438.C8 S73 1998 HCOLL REF
Publication Date
1998
Coming of Age: Four Centuries of Connecticut Women and Their Choices
Moynihan, Ruth Barnes.
Call Number
HQ1438.C8 M6 1991 HCOLL
Publication Date
1991
The Limits of Sisterhood: the Beecher Sisters on Women's Rights and Woman's Sphere
Boydston, Jeanne.
Call Number
HQ1236.5 .U6 B69
Publication Date
1988
Black Women of Connecticut: Achievements Against the Odds
McCain, Diana.
Call Number
E185.93 .C7 B52 1984
Publication Date
1984
African American Connecticut explored
Normen, Elizabeth J.
Call Number
E185.93 .C7 A47 2013
Publication Date
2013
Women and Economics: a Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935.
Call Number
HQ1413 .G54 1935 HCOLL
Publication Date
1966
Lives of Celebrated Women
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860.
Call Number
CT3202 .G88
Publication Date
1854, 1852,1844
Remarkable Women of Hartford
Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe, author.
Call Number
F104 .H3 B69 2014
Publication Date
2014
Great Women in Connecticut History
Connecticut. Permanent Commission on the Status of Women.
Call Number
CT3260 .C8
Publication Date
1986
Facts About the Status of Women in Connecticut
Connecticut. Permanent Commission on the Status of Women.
Call Number
HQ1438 .C8 C65
Publication Date
1996-2019,1990-2019
Sophie: the Sophie Tucker Story
Freedland, Michael, 1934-
Call Number
ML420 .T89 F7
Publication Date
1978
Some of These Days; the Autobiography of Sophie Tucker
Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966.
Call Number
PN1967 .T9 1945 HCOLL
Publication Date
1945
Red Hot Mama: the Life of Sophie Tucker
Sklaroff, Lauren Rebecca, author.
Call Number
ML420.T89 S55 2018
Publication Date
2018
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