Keywords: intellectuals
Item 31000
Institut Canadien-Francais, Biddeford, ca. 1900
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford; Montreal Media: Photograph on board
Item 6200
Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1890 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print
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.
Exhibit
Pigeon's Mainer Project: who decides who belongs?
Street artist Pigeon's artwork tackles the multifaceted topic of immigration. He portrays Maine residents, some who are asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants—people who are often marginalized through state and federal policies—to ask questions about the dynamics of power in society, and who gets to call themselves a “Mainer.”
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"However, the intellectual challenge and opportunities of a college education were stolen and Charles returned to Mount Desert in 1922 as a business…"
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"… and her own possibilities as a social and intellectual force, brought out and gradually moulded into form."