Women

Dress for Success gives donated clothes to women who need professional business attire.

Jenna Hofmann, a 23-year-old real estate agent recently crowned Miss Connecticut USA 2025, found her empowerment through pageants and will soon compete for the national Miss USA title. WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with Hofmann to discuss how she embraces her femininity, builds confidence, and inspires young women.

WSHU’s Molly Ingram spoke to Dr. Kathy Hermes, the publisher of Connecticut Explored Magazine and professor Emerita of American history at Central Connecticut State University, to hear more about women's roles in the American Revolution for Women’s History Month.

With most committee work in the Connecticut General Assembly done for the year, members of the bipartisan women’s caucus are celebrating 10 of their bills that are being considered for floor votes.

As an Indigenous woman and a member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council, Michele Scott wants to showcase the different ways that representation can look.

Angelina Casanova has been leading a team to develop strategies for economic resources for the Mashantucket tribe outside of the gaming industry.

WSHU’s Jeniece Roman spoke with Marilynn Malerba, chief of the Mohegan Tribe and U.S. Treasurer, about how Indigenous women from tribes in Connecticut have played a significant role in leadership for centuries.

Women are getting down to business in Connecticut, and there are funding programs ready to support their ventures.

TaShun Bowden-Lewis, Connecticut’s first Black female chief public defender, was sworn into office at the state Supreme Court in Hartford on Thursday.

Four eminent Connecticut women were inducted on Thursday into the Hall of Fame at the National Immigrant Heritage Center in New Britain.