Suffragists in Connecticut

Dorothy Bartlett, Putnam: Leader of the Connecticut State Grange. Picketed White House in 1917, arrested, tried, sentenced, and incarcerated.

Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett, Hartford: Wife of lawyer and writer; active in state suffrage work for many years. Member of the National Advisory Council and Connecticut state treasurer of NWP.

Helen Chisaski, Bridgeport: Active in Machinists’ Union. Partiicpated in Watchfire demonstrations in 1919, jailed for five days.

Catherine M. Flanagan, Hartford: Picketed the White House in 1917, arrested, tried, sentenced, and incarcerated.

Minnie Henesy, Hartford: Picketed the White House in 1917, arrested, tried, sentenced, and incarcerated.

Helen H. Weed, Norwalk: Picketed the White House in 1917, arrested, tried, sentenced, and incarcerated.