Houses and other locations associated with the struggle for women's suffrage include a watercolor of homestead of the Smith sisters of Glastonbury. They battled for years against "taxation without representation" when their livestock were seized by the town for unpaid taxes and were celebrated for their role in the movement. Historical information about 45 Nod Hill Road in Avon identifies it as at one time the home of suffragist Corinne Robinson Alsop. To find more items related to women's suffrage in Connecticut, use the topic headings within records to extend your searches, or search by entering terms of interest--topical terms such "women's rights", or the names of suffragists, (search tips: enclose phrases in quotes; to find all forms of a word, use an asterisk, for example, for “suffrage,”, or “suffragists” or “suffragettes,” enter “suffrag*”). Exploring the collections or items to which individual items belong or of which they are a part can be another way to find more resources of interest.
