Keywords: womanly qualities
Item 80407
A cousin's "letter of counseling" to Sarah Tarbox, 1846
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1846-02-11 Location: Westport Island; Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper
Item 36108
Josiah Pierce of death of H.W. Longfellow, 1882
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1882 Location: London Media: Ink on paper
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.
Exhibit
Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"Mary Snow was famous for being the first woman school superintendent in Maine. In Bangor she was a teacher, principal, school board member, and then…"
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… war on April 9, 1865 approximately 97 men and one woman from North Yarmouth and 62 men from Cumberland had left their hometowns and traveled south…"
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
