History Day Previous Topics

Archived collection of previously suggested History Day resources by topic. Links not maintained.

Catherine Roraback

1948 - Graduated Yale Law School
Represented Ericka Huggins, of the Black Panther Party
A founder of Connecticut Civil Liberties Union
"chief Connecticut litigator of the Planned Parenthood cases that culminated in Griswold v. Connecticut" (Sicherman article linked below)

These are only a few examples.

Women Who Changed the World
By Barbara Sicherman. Connecticut Explored, Summer 2011
Highlights a few CT women
Birth Control and Zones of Privacy
By Walter W. Woodward. Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2014 Volume 12 Number 4
Catherine Roraback
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame

Subjects: History Day

Tags: previous topics, spy, WW II

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