State Hospital for the Insane, one; matrons of Reform School for Boys, six, and one assistant; visiting committee of State Industrial School for Girls, 12, two acting each month; assistant superintendent for same, one; in each of the eight Homes connected with this school are to be found a matron and an assistant.
Two of the five members of the State Board of Charities must be women.
Women may serve as notaries public and forty-two are now doing so. They are eligible as assistant town clerks.
Occupations: No profession or occupation is forbidden to women by law.
Education: Wesleyan University, in Middletown, admitted women to equal privileges with men in 1872. By a vote of the trustees in 1900 the number of women was limited to 20 per cent. of the total number of students.
In 1889 the Theological Seminary (Cong'l) of Hartford admitted women upon the same terms as men.
In 1892 Yale University opened the courses of the post-graduate department, with the degree of Ph. D. to women.
In 1893, by an Act of the Legislature, the State Agricultural School, at Storrs, admitted women to its full course.
In the public schools there are 387 men and 3,692 women teachers. The average monthly salary of the men is $89.87; of the women, $43.61.
The State Federation of Women's Clubs was organized in 1897 and under its auspices traveling libraries have been formed for rural schools, free kindergartens supported, etc.
The Society of Colonial Dames has loaned to the library committee twenty libraries which have been placed in public schools.
The Civic Club of Hartford, organized in 1895 with a membership of 150 women, has been instrumental in securing greater cleanliness of streets and public places. It has raised $3,000 for the support of vacation schools, for three years, and has instituted plans for public playgrounds.
In 1898 the Home for Incurable Children was founded by the Children's Aid Society, entirely the work of women.
