Senator Dodd Commemorates Women's History Month.
“March 1 marks the start of Women’s History Month, and during this month we reflect on the pivotal role women have played in the shaping of our country. In my home state of Connecticut, women have made countless contributions not only to our state’s rich history, but to the history and spirit of our entire nation.
“Harriet Beecher Stowe, a Hartford native and the author of the landmark novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was called by President Abraham Lincoln ‘the little lady who started the Civil War’. Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt was one of America’s first woman CEOs and a distinguished philanthropist.
“Marian Anderson of Danbury was the first African-American woman to perform with the Metropolitan Opera and was invited by Eleanor Roosevelt to perform at the Lincoln Memorial after the Daughters of the American Revolution barred her from performing at Washington’s Constitution Hall. And Ella Grasso, a native of Windsor Locks, was the first female governor of Connecticut and the first female governor in the country elected in her own right."
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