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Historical Items

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Item 5471

Signing of Woman Suffrage Proclamation, Augusta, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-02-23 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 1151

Suffrage lecture announcement, Belfast, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

Item 31527

Votes for Women, Maine Centennial Parade, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Debates Over Suffrage

While numerous Mainers worked for and against woman suffrage in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some also worked on the national level, seeking a federal amendment to allow women the right to vote

Exhibit

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"There were suffragist meetings in Bangor, and famous suffragette Susan B. Anthony visited Bangor for at least one such conference."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins

Franco-Americans in Maine