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Here are five other women who made firsts in U.S. politics.
1) Ella T. Grasso of Connecticut was the first woman elected governor in her own right, in 1974. She resigned just over a month before succumbing to cancer in 1981.

Today in History
Today is Thursday, July 28, the 210th day of 2016. There are 156 days left in the year.

Moments after Audrey Blondin, a Democratic delegate from Litchfield, cast her vote for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, she was brought to happy tears by Sanders' motion to stop the roll call at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night and call for Hillary Clinton to get the nomination.

NAUGATUCK — Parishioners at two Roman Catholic churches in the Union City section are hoping to save their beloved parishes that may be closed by the Archdiocese of Hartford.

WATERBURY — It was a night of celebration and sports on Wednesday as Waterbury broke in the newly refurbished Municipal Stadium for the Mickey Mantle World Series.

WATERBURY — A fight in a restaurant parking lot late Tuesday led to an officer grappling with a suspect and a minivan leading police on a chase after it slammed into a building on Lakewood Road.

Local female voters give their opinions on Hillary Clinton as the first female nominee for President in this video

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — His own legacy on the line, President Barack Obama implored Americans to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, casting her as a candidate who believes in the optimism that fuels the nation's democracy and warning against the "deeply pessimistic vision" of Republican Donald Trump.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Their political fates now entwined, President Barack Obama is imploring voters to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, appealing to the women, minorities and young people who powered his rise and are now crucial to hers.