The Historical Society of Glastonbury presents “The Smith Sisters: Abolitionists and Suffragists”

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Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Celebrate Women's History Month with Diane Hoover of the Historical Society of Glastonbury as they teach us about Glastonbury's own Smith Sisters – Abby and Julia. These elderly spinsters stood up to the townsmen of Glastonbury in their fight to get the right to vote for women, and famously lost their cows in the process.

This presentation takes you deeper into their lives, and the lives of their amazing family. Learn how Abby and Julia become unlikely heroines on the National Woman Suffrage stage and symbols of “taxation without representation.” Join us to hear their story!

Register online or by calling the library’s Reference Department at 860-652-7720.

To watch from home on Zoom, registration is not required. Click here at the start of the program. Meeting ID: 836 8961 0520 | Passcode: 367043

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