Keywords: Mothers and daughters
Item 6466
Dorothy Beecher Baker and her daughter, Louise, 1938
Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: 1938 Location: Eliot Media: Phototransparency
Item 33994
Anna Margaret Holwell Deering and daughters, Portland, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype
Exhibit
Independence and Challenges: The Life of Hannah Pierce
Hannah Pierce (1788-1873) of West Baldwin, who remained single, was the educated daughter of a moderately wealthy landowner and businessman. She stayed at the family farm throughout her life, operating the farm and her various investments -- always in close touch with her siblings.
Exhibit
Elise Fellows White: Music, Writing, and Family
From a violin prodigy in her early years to an older woman -- mother of two -- struggling financially, Skowhegan native Mary Elise Fellows White remained committed to music, writing, poetry, her extended family -- and living a life that would matter and be remembered.
Site Page
Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance
"As in many temperance images, a mother and child plead father not to indulge. X The Battle Axe Portland, June 10, 1849 Collections of Maine…"
Site Page
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership
"Women, like the the young women pictured in "Daughters of Temperance", wore sashes or collars over their simple silk "everyday" dresses."
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
Story
My Mom was a nurse in the 8055 MASH, Korea
by Pat MacPherson
I’m so proud of my mother and the thousands of Army & Navy nurses who served in WWII & Korea
