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USA
- New England
Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame
Babcock House
Hartford College for Women
University of Hartford
1265 Asylum Ave
Hartford
CT 06105-2299
Ph: +1 860 768 5643
Fax: +1 860 768 5693
Email: lindenaue@mail.hartford.edu
(Dr. Leslie Lindenauer, Executive Direstor
Website: www.cwhf.org
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The Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame logo.
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The Hall of Fame is administered by a non-profit organisation formed
in the early 1990s “to honour and give formal public recognition
to Connecticut women past and present who have broken new ground
or who have emerged as leaders in their fields of endeavour”.
The inductees’ pictures and biographies were originally exhibited
in a portable display but in 1998 it became a permanent installation
in historic Babcock House on Hartford College for Women campus,
to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first Women’s Rights’
Convention. The organisation also offers educational and historical
programs throughout the State including the Connecticut Women’s
Heritage Trail. The CWHF is currently planning a new exhibit Mirror,
Mirror: Body Image in American Culture designed for an adolescent
audience, and the associated website is also under construction
(www.mirrormirroronline.org)
USA
- New England
A Frugal Woman's Museum
52 Union Street
New Bedford
MA 02740-7255
Ph: +1 508 996 0326 or 888-55-HETTY (within US)
Email: edie@hettygreen.com
Website: www.hettygreen.com
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Museum owner and local businesswoman, Edith Nichols
regularly gives performance portrayals of Hetty Green,
dressed characteristically in black, as "The
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Dedicated
to the richest woman in the world, Hetty Howland Green (1834-1916),
this museum was launched during Women’s History Month in 2000
by local New Bedford businesswoman and historian Edith Nichols.
It operates out of her business Balloons by Rent an Event and contains
the largest collection of research material about the legendary
frugal Quaker or “Witch of Wall Street”, including original
photographs, newspaper articles and magazines. Edith also gives
performances in period costume to schools and other groups, reenacting
Hetty’s story.
Born into a prosperous New Bedford whaling family, Hetty inherited
1 million dollars on her father’s death and spent her life
being extraordinarily thrifty, her estate being reputedly worth
$100 million on her demise in 1916.
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