A Night at the Public House: Let Them Vote!
March 21 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Hike up your petticoats and meet us in Hartford for “A Night at the Public House: Let Them Vote!” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Campbell (and special guests from Sea Tea Improv) will be on hand to tell the story of Isabella Beecher Hooker and the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association’s fight for the enfranchisement of women in Connecticut. Learn more about Isabella and her work to change laws regarding women’s rights to vote and own property.
Thomas Hooker Brewery will be onsite with a cash bar in Connecticut’s Old State House famous courtroom. Pub-style refreshments will be served.
Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. She has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist, a regular commentator on WNPR, and a guest on CBS’ “Sunday Morning,” the BBC, WTNH-TV, and the local news show “Face the State.” She was a widely recognized staff writer and columnist at The Hartford Courant for 25 years. She was also part of the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, an award-winning health and safety website. She currently writes a weekly Sunday column for Hearst newspapers in Connecticut.
Connecticut’s Old State House
800 Main Street
Hartford, CT
- This event is open to the general public and admission is FREE.
- Register online at https://bit.ly/CTOSHLetThemVote
- Parking available at State House Square Parking Garage, at 55 Market Street is only $5 with a validated ticket. Please present your parking ticket to the museum’s Visitor Services desk for validation. Free on-street parking is available after 6:00 pm. For more information, please call (860) 522.6766.
