LC Subject Heading: Women
Item 104492
Novelty photograph of two women, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: Tintype
Item 14313
Augusta R. Perry, Houlton, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum (Houlton Museum) Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Maine Women's Causes and Influence before 1920
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to the women of Maine between the end of the Revolutionary War through the national vote for women’s suffrage in 1920. Students will discuss issues including war relief (Civil War and World War I), suffrage, abolition, and temperance, and how the women of Maine mobilized for or in some cases helped to lead these movements.
