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Bates Debating League annual debate program, Dixfield, 1926

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1926-03-19 Location: Dixfield Media: Paper with black printing

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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

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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

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Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion

During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.

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

"… Maine Temperance Union, and the Christian Civic League were all pro-Temperance organizations represented in Bangor."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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