Parking Stowe Prize Day 2018

Stowe Prize Day
Wednesday, September 5

With 2018 Stowe Prize Winner
Matthew Desmond

And Student Stowe Prize Winners
Wes Gobar and Zyahna Bryant

PARKING for the Stowe Prize Action Fair (3-4 PM) and Conversation with Stowe Prize winners (4-5:30 PM) both held at Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland Street, Hartford

Park in the Mark Twain House & Museum lot (across the street from the church) at GPS address 385 Farmington Avenue OR park on Woodland Street or Forest Street. Limited parking for people with mobility issues is available on the Woodland Street side of the church.

You are welcome to share photos from the event on social media.
#StowePrize

Video/audio recording is not permitted.

SITE MAP Click on the blue pins or names of site locations for expanded information

PARKING for the Stowe Prize Big Tent Jubilee (6-9 PM at the Stowe Center)

State of CT Lot C (corner of Forest Street & Capitol Avenue) – an 8-minute walk to the Stowe Center or ride the convenient shuttle bus*

Mark Twain House & Museum visitor lot and Clemens Place lot, both accessible from GPS address 385 Farmington Avenue – a short walk to and from the Stowe Center through Mark Twain Museum Center

Street parking on Forest Street and Woodland Street

*From 5:30-10 PM, two 12-person shuttle buses will transport guests
between Lot C and the Stowe Center

SITE MAP Click on the blue pins or names of site locations for expanded information

BIG TENT JUBILEE PLANNING AND CHECK IN
Upon arrival please check in at the small registration tent adjacent to the Stowe Visitor Center (brick building). Here you’ll pick up your name tag, table number and other event information. Staff will direct you to the outdoor or private reception based on the ticket level you purchased.

As a reminder, the dinner and program will be outdoors and you will be walking on grass. Please plan your footwear accordingly. We recommend flat shoes or wedges.

You may wish to bring a wrap or light jacket.

You are welcome to share photos from the event on social media.
#StowePrize

Video/audio recording is not permitted.
Also, no photos will be permitted during Matthew Desmond’s presentation.

MAKE AN IMPACT
The evening will include a paddle raise appeal to contribute to the ongoing impact
of Stowe Center education and public programs that inspire civic engagement.
We hope you’ll participate!

DIETARY RESTRICTIONS
Please submit any dietary requests by Friday, August 31.
Requests made on site cannot be guaranteed.

For dietary requests or questions, contact audra@antrumevents.com

WITH THANKS TO

Kate Farrish, Event Chair

and

Legacy Presenting Sponsor

School Group Interest Form

School Group Interest Form 2024

Thank you so much for your interest in a group tour at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center! Please help us schedule your visit by answering the questions below.

School name:

Please suggest three dates and times when your group would like to visit. (Note: the Stowe Center is closed on Sunday and Tuesday.)

Contact Teacher Name:

Contact Teacher Email:(Required)

Contact Teacher Phone Number:(Required)

Number of students expected to attend:(Required)

Please enter a number from 8 to 40.

Please identify the grade level(s) of attending students:(Required)

Likely number of chaperones (including other teachers):

The Stowe Center requires one adult per every 10 students.

Are there special student, teacher, or chaperone accommodations that can help us serve you best?

Do you plan to have lunch on site?

Yes, please.

No, thank you.

Are you interested in scheduling a joint visit with our neighbor, The Mark Twain House and Museum?

Yes, please

No, thank you.

If yes, have you already contacted The Mark Twain House?

Yes

Isabella Beecher Hooker

Isabella Holmes Beecher Hooker (1822-1907)
An ardent member of the woman’s suffrage movement, Isabella Holmes Beecher Hooker joined in the cause along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

Isabella was the first child of Lyman Beecher and his second wife, Harriet Porter Beecher.

Isabella began her education at Catharine Beecher’s Hartford Female Seminary and lived with her sister Mary Perkins. In 1841 she married John Hooker, a descendant of Thomas Hooker, the founder of Hartford. John Hooker was a lawyer and an abolitionist.

In the early 1860s Isabella got involved in the woman’s suffrage movement. Isabella joined Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as a member of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association in 1869. She was a founding member of the Connecticut Woman’s Suffrage Association. Isabella’s ideas of equality were influenced by John Stuart Mills’ On Liberty and the Subjection of Women.

In 1871, Isabella organized the annual convention of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association in Washington D.C. and presented her argument before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate. Her husband, John Hooker, believed in his wife and supported her activities. He helped Isabella draft a bill to the Connecticut Legislature giving married women the same property rights as their husbands. The bill passed in 1877. Isabella annually submitted a bill granting women the right to vote, but it did not pass in her lifetime.