Keywords: Maine Female Seminary
Item 15709
Maine Female Seminary, Gorham, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Gorham Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Gorham Media: Print
Item 15710
Maine Female Seminary, Gorham, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Gorham Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Gorham Media: Photographic print
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Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women
Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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