this woman estelle griswold got herself arrested. four years later, this woman, estelle griswold, got herself arrested. estelle griswold, once upon a time when she was young back in the 1920s, and she had dreamed of being a professional singer. she even gone to paris for a couple of years to try to make a go of it. it didn't quite work out. and in 1927, she came back home to her home state of connecticut, where she fell in love and married and aspiring admin. and for the next 30 years or so, she trailed along behind his career wherever it took him. 1945, it took him to germany. where the state department had hired him to help with the occupation of defeated germany and with the reconstruction of western europe after the devastation of the war. and she went with him. ,,. ,. the settled in new haven, connecticut, came back to connecticut. and four-year-old, so she continued to work with the refugee agency. its headquarters were up in new york, and you got tired of the community. commuting. so she quit. and went looking for other work.