Presentation to feature Derby businesswoman, suffragist movement

Frances Osborne Kellogg

DERBY - A conservationist, agriculturalist, violinist, and industrialist - what else might a woman from the early 20^th century be? 

Frances Osborne Kellogg was also a suffragist.  

Join the Osborne Homestead Museum staff at 11 a.m. Aug. 28 for an in-person presentation in honor of the Connecticut women’s suffrage movement and the 101st anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution.  

Learn how the vibrant, intelligent women of Connecticut organized and led a modern political campaign to win the vote.  

Included are highlights of Kellogg’s role as an auditor for the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association and her local rally speeches and activities in Ansonia, Derby, and Shelton.  

The presentation will be held under the outdoor tent near the Kellogg Environmental Center.  Registration is required.  

To register call 203-734-2513 or visit DEEP Calendar of Events (https://www.depdata.ct.gov/calendar/viewev.asp?id=7499). 

The Osborne Homestead Museum, a facility of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s State Parks & Public Outreach Division, is open for free self-guided tours on Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sundays from noon-4 p.m. It is located at 500 Hawthorne Avenue off of Rte. 34 in Derby.

The Kellogg Environmental Center, a facility of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s State Parks & Public Outreach Division, is open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. It also is located at 500 Hawthorne Ave.

The New Normal Health & Safety Guidelines for CT State Parks provides important guidance for participants and visitors(https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/COVID-19/Health_Safety_Flyer_NN_Final.pdf). For further information or directions, please email donna.kingston@ct.gov or call the Kellogg Environmental Center, 203-734-2513.

This is a press release from the Kellogg Environmental Center.