History Day - Civil Rights & Human Rights

These are only a few suggestions. There are resource suggestions under other topics as well.

These are only a few suggestions. Check the Connecticut State Archives Finding Aids, and search our library catalog and databases.

These are only a few examples. Also check other pages in History Day guides.

• 2011 end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
• 2013 The US federally recognizes same-sex marriages, extending federal benefits to couples in states that allow same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
• 2014 - U.S. Department of Education guidance that transgender students are a protected class under Title IX
• 2016 Stonewall National Monument dedicated

These are only a few examples.

•  Biden’s EO 13988 directs agencies to interpret Bostock to other areas of law where sex discrimination is prohibited, including education, housing, and health care

• 2013 The US federally recognizes same-sex marriages, extending federal benefits to couples in states that allow same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
• 2015 - U.S. Supreme Court legalizes marriage across the states

These are a few examples.

Articles

Databases

These are only a few suggestions - there are many others that may have relevant articles, especially newspapers.

Subscription databases may require use within the Connecticut State Library (CSL) building, or a CSL library card.

Be sure to check researchIT CT databases that, depending on the database grouping, may be accessed with your school ID, a card from a CT public library, or a CSL library card.

The CT State Archives received her papers.

Biographical Note (from finding aid)
Betty Hudson, née Elizabeth Bagi, was born on March 5, 1931 in Port Chester, New York, along with her identical twin sister, Mary "Re-Re." She attended Stamford High School and Michigan State University, married Donald Hudson, and settled in Branford, Connecticut. The couple had two children, Todd and Leigh, and eventually relocated to Madison, Connecticut, where Hudson began her political career. In 1974, she legally changed her first name to "Betty."

The CT Archives finding aid includes the following:

Bibliography
Articles
Roessner, B. T. "Former State Senator Continues Her Crusades From Governor's Office," The Hartford Courant, November 11, 1979, p. 37.
Books
Love, B. J. Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006.
Websites
The Hartford Courant. Hudson, Betty: Obituary
The New Haven Register. Hudson, Donald and Doreen: Obituary
Roessner, B. T. "Former State Senator Continues Her Crusades From Governor's Office," The Hartford Courant, November 11, 1979, p. 37.
Love, B. J. Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006.