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Historical Items

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Item 16260

Eastern Maine General Hospital's Women's Medical Ward, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: circa 1911 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 16261

Women's Surgical Ward, Eastern Maine General Hospital, Bangor, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: circa 1910 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 105525

Women's ward at Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1890 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Exhibit

Doing Good: Medical Stories of Maine

Throughout Maine’s history, individuals have worked to improve and expand medical care, not only for the health of those living in Maine, but for many around the world who need care and help.

Exhibit

Women, War, and the Homefront

When America entered the Great War in 1917, the government sent out pleas for help from American women, many of whom responded at the battle front and on the home front.

Site Pages

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The prenatal clinic offered medical care and personal counseling to pregnant women who lacked a private physician or were unable to afford care…"

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… friend and companion, Sister Frances Xavier Warde, to bring the Mercy community to the United States."

My Maine Stories

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Story

How I broke the mold for women to serve in the military
by Mary D. McGuirk

My life and career as a USAF Nurse