Keywords: women
Item 23523
Women Spinning at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 70280
Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1920 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 46357
Assessor's Record, 297-301 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Home For Aged Women Use: Land only
Item 50501
Assessor's Record, 60 Emery Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Home for Aged Women Use: Nursing Home
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
Exhibit
Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women
Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Item Contributed byFarmington…
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts
Women in positions as town officials and committee members, however, showed significant change over the same time period, slowly including more women…
Story
The tradition of lobstering
by Sadie Samuels
I learned to fish from my Dad and will lobster the rest of my life
Story
I was a regional volunteer coordinator for the Women’s March
by Erica McNally
Erica McNally's experiences in Washington at the Women's March, 2017
