Keywords: Equal rights amendment
Item 11430
Dispute over flag lowering, Portland, 1982
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-07-01 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 11053
Supporting the ERA, Augusta, 1981
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-06-30 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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
Throughout the history of the state, residents have protested, on paper or in the streets, to increase rights for various groups, to effect social change, to prevent social change, or to let their feelings be known about important issues.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s
"with the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Bangor and the Abolition Movement Ever since Maine officially became a state in 1820, it has…"
Site Page
Music in Maine - Community Music
"They offered women equal voting rights long before the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. At its height in 1907, Maine had 417 Granges with…"
Story
The Equal Freedom to Marry
by Mary L Bonauto
Marriage Equality, Maine, and the U.S. Supreme Court
