Keywords: young women
Item 104167
Young women of Millinocket, 1901
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print
Item 104485
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: Daguerreotype
Item 76360
69-71 Spring Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Young Women's Crhristian Association Use: Young Women's Christian Association
Item 78395
247 Valley Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Young Women's Christian Association Use: Dwelling - Single family
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
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance
"Burden Collection Many young men and women tended to see Temperance women as old maids, out of step with the roaring 20s—a very different image from…"
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Human Interest
"… toward Maine’s prohibition laws, two young women with whiskey glasses in hand rest their elbows on a table displaying a liquor bottle (pictured at…"
Story
Water is Music
by P Leone
Throughout her life water has played an important part
Story
Epidemic of violence against Indigenous people
by Michael-Corey F. Hinton
Systemic racism, murder, and the danger of stereotypes
Lesson Plan
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.
