pg 16
Making a Home for Orphans
A photo essay documenting John Klingberg’s life work.
By Briann Greenfield |
Pg 22
East Haven’s Wildest Irish Rose
Rum-runner Nellie Green stays one step ahead of the law.
By Marshall S. Berdan |
Pg 28
A Family of Reformers: The Middletown Bemans
An African-American family fights for equal opportunities in ante-bellum Middletown.
By Liz Warner |
Pg 32
Connecticut’s First—and Most Celebrated—Counterfeiter
Passing bogus bills lands William Stuart in New Gate Prison.
By Karin Peterson |
Pg 40
Isabella Beecher Hooker & the Spirits of Reform
The surprising relationship between spiritualism, suffragists, and reform.
By Dawn C. Adiletta |
pg 11 |
From the Publisher: Connecticut’s Rogues—and Reformers, too.
By Elizabeth J. Normen |
pg 12 |
Contributors to This Issue |
pg 46 |
Spotlight
Boss Tweed Puts Greenwich on the Map.
By Alan Owen Patterson |
pg 50 |
Spotlight
Connecticut’s Blue Laws.
By Alan Owen Patterson |
pg 52 |
Soapbox
Ralph Nader: Rapscallion or Redeemer?
By Janet Reynolds |
pg 53 |
Afterword:
Antiques Roadshow comes to Connecticut; exhibition openings and holiday events not to be missed. |