Legacy, Awards and Honors
During her lifetime, Gladys Tantaquidgeon received many awards and honors, including:
- As an "outstanding role model", Tantaquidgeon was awarded the 'Tiffany Jewel' by the University of Connecticut.
- Connecticut Education Association's Friend of Education Award
- For "consistent endeavor in the area of social justice", she received the National Organization of Women’s Harriet Tubman Award in 1996.
- She received honorary doctorates from the University of Connecticut (Doctor of Humane Letters degree, 1987) and Yale University (1994).
- 1994, she was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.
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