Exhibits

Click the drop down menus below to view student work from the 2020 Contest season! These projects placed in the top three at their Regional Contests and are all advancing to the State Contest. 

junior group exhibit

Breaking the Enigma: How Alan Turing Saved World War Two
by Jared Lessing, Jared Even, and Jeremy Rosenkranz

Deborah Sampson: The Barrier-breaking Woman who Paved the Way for Equal Rights
by Yana Divakaran, Holly Torigian, Rylie Peterson, Sofia Tullio 

Thurgood Marshall
by Rohan Wadhwani, Luke Thumser, Noah Spangler, Deneil Betfarhad, and Henry Carson

Title IX: Breaking Gender Barriers in Sports
by Kevin Mullaney and Oberg Charli 

The Wadsworth Atheneum Breaks Barriers of Art for the Public 
by Deana Sims and Mary Petrisko

Solutions Are Really Only Steps Forward; 13th and 14th Amendment Work Towards Equality
by Quinn Pollack and Madison Moriarty

The Good Comrade: Mikhail Gorbachev Breaks Barriers
by Sammy Zackin and Avinaash Thillaikumaran

Shirley Chisholm: A Woman Who Dared to Be Herself
by Anna Kim and June Lanpher

Sesame Street
by Elinor Wolgemuth, Gabby Titone, Tess Marks, and Georgette Campagne

Chicago Freedom Movement
by Aekom Diogun, Colin Gordon, and Xavier Going

junior individual exhibit

Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farm Workers Rights
by Vladimir Flores

From Sea to Space
by Phoebe Patrick

Victoria Woodhull: Leading the Way for Women Since 1870
by Georgia Gushue

Chloroform: Blessing or a Curse in the 19th Century
by Neev Kanwar

Sandra Day O’Connor: Breaking Gender Barriers in the United States Supreme Court
by Kate Maglio

The World’s Most Innocent Victims: Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics
by Daphne Brewer

Cycling On the Road To Freedom: How the Safety Bicycle Broke Barriers for
​Women in the United States
by Claire Flynn

Freedom of Mad
by Ethan Hocking 

Sesame Street
by Hannah Ziesche

World War II, Break the Gender Barrier in the military and work force
by Mary Styblo

Breaking the Wrong Barriers: The Kara Hultgreen Controversy
by Kathryn Lucente

Alice Cogswell: the Girl who Inspired the American School for the Deaf
by Eva Gammell

senior group exhibit

Ignorance ≠ Advancement: How Scientific Breakthrough During the AIDS Crisis Cured America’s Prejudice
by Richa Vaid and Carolina Ferrer

Jimmy Carter’s Diplomacy Broke Barriers Between Egypt and Israel and
​Achieved Enduring Peace
by Jason Chiu-Skow, Evan Trock, and Max Goldenberg 

​Standing up by sitting down: How the 504 sit-in monumentally broke down barriers for the disabled community
by Karina Murray, Layla Bloomingdale, and Emmy Marcus

Obergefell v. Hodge
by Alyssa Velasquez and Jayden Burgos-Arnett

Opha May Johnson: The First Female Marine
by Arthur Sanchez Leroux, Maya Kelly, and Adriana Gutowska

Brown v. Board of Education
by Katelynn Delima and Jennifer Gonzalez

Dr. Alice Hamilton: Breaking Workplace Barriers, Improving Conditions and Health Hazards
by Emma Williams and Caroline Parrott

Bayard Rustin: Breaking the Barriers of Intolerance
by Gabby Lantier, Gaby Gonzalez, and Maya Markus-Malone

Exceeding Expectations: Women Conquering Space Exploration
by Leah Darby, Hannah Llewellyn, and Louise Leonard

Breaking the Ice: Welcoming Antarctica to the World
by Faith Thomas, Ana Dela Cruz, Sarah Hwang, and Laura Snow 

Breaking Barriers During the Kosovo War
by Arta Berisha and Patriot Berisha

senior individual exhibit

HeLa Cells: Breaking Barriers in History
by Danielle Spitz 

The Connecticut State Farm for Women: Breaking New Ground for Women’s
​Prisons and Freedoms
by Mia Porcello

Barbies: Breaking Barriers in Diversity and Body Image
by Demetria DeMakes

Breaking Barriers Across Time and Cultures Through Language
by Aicha Ly

A Woman in Business
by Natalie Gavalis 

Breaking Barriers in Aviation – Igor Sikorsky
by Harish Prasad

Elizabeth Blackwell: A Leader in the Medical Field for Women Everywhere
by Lily Walton

Althea Gibson Breaking Racial Barriers in Tennis
by Doreen Alberino

Turn of the Century Irish Immigration
by Catherine Tavoletti 

Australia’s Discrimination Act: The Journey to Flourishing
by Lillith DaSilva-Martinez