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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… Many young men and women tended to see Temperance women as old maids, out of step with the roaring 20s—a very different image from the young…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… Universalist This mug was presented to Reverend Deane of First Parish Falmouth (now Portland) by 21 young men of the parish in 1775 at a time when…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Why Study the History of Drinking?

"For women, the fight against alcohol abuse and other social ills in the later 19th and early 20th centuries led to a growing political, and…"

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."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… part of an emerging generation of professional women. During the 1870s, alcoholics including former Portland liquor-dealer Francis Murphy, Gardiner…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"For women, tavern keeping was one of the few professions open to them at all. Polite society considered non-drinkers "crank-brained." Drunkenness…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"Abolition of slavery, the fight for women's suffrage, and efforts to care for those less fortunate are all rooted in this era."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"Men and women with solid reputations were granted licenses to run taverns, but as populations grew this social control weakened."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"Many men and women of the 1920s, appalled by the carnage of World War I, were anxious to experiment and enjoy themselves after the war ended."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"… Collection Led by New York's Pauline Sabin, the Womens Organization for National Prohibition Reform became an effective anti-prohibition group."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… the fight to abolish slavery and the struggle for women's suffrage, engaged the nation's full attention."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"Many of the mixtures were alcohol-based. X X X Wine Press Kendall & Whitney, Portland, early 20th century Courtesy of Doris…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"Greele achieved legendary status by extinguishing her burning building during the British bombardment of 1775."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"GALLERIES: Politics and Enforcement | Women Leaders and Temperance | Quenching the Thirst | Business as Usual"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"GALLERIES: Politics and Enforcement | Women Leaders and Temperance | Quenching the Thirst | Business as Usual"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"Only one "shee-rumseller" is listed, but women soon found the trade lucrative. Kitty Kentuck (ca. 1810-1866), was the street name for Portland's most…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"X Review of the Testimony, Portland, 1855 Collections of Maine Historical Society QJ Mt P837.21a The Portland Rum Riot began on June 2, 1855 when…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"A bottle of the wines of the choicest brands that Morse stocked cost as much as an overnight stay and meals combined."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - The Continuing Debate

"If banning the manufacture and use of alcohol was a failure nationally and statewide, one very positive change emerged from the ranks of the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"In came a shipment of five gross of vanilla extract. I asked what was the idea in tying up money in that quantity of extract."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"X Knuckle Dusters Courtesy of Joyce Butler These tools of law enforcement were used by a Biddeford policeman during the Roaring 20s."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements

"1892 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C, Unprocessed in PAGA 7, no."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1928

"She continued to teach physical education classes while serving as dean. She also served as the school nurse until 1928."