You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.

Category: WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT 
Clue: In 1967 Ann Uccello was elected the first woman mayor of a capital city--this capital of Connecticut
hartford

Category: OPERAS BASED ON PLAYS 
Clue: "The Queen of Cornwall", from a play by this author, premiered "Far from the Madding Crowd", in Glastonbury
thomas hardy

Category: THE OLD WEST 
Clue: The Great Plains, last great frontier to be exploited, was opened up by this Act of 1862

the homestead act