Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Although she had no prior intention of founding a religious community, Catherine and two companions took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and an…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… she believed was “a wonderful example of a nurse leader,” even though she was not herself a nurse. Sister Consuela died in 2011 in the Frances…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"EMHS then looked to VNA leader Colleen Hilton to merge all of their homecare and hospice agencies under one umbrella and one name, VNA Home Health…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"Maine was at the center of alcohol reform in America, especially in the 19th century. Its legislation and its leaders help set the national agenda…"

Yarmouth Historical Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"Religious leader Increase Mather rebuked drunkards, while praising strong drink as "a good creature of God." Parents and children drank together."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"Recognizing these problems, physicians and religious leaders joined with recovering alcoholics in creating a loosely organized, grass roots…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"William Lloyd Garrison was a renowned leader of the anti-slavery movement. He spoke in Bangor in the 1830’s."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… voted to build one meeting house to serve all the religious societies in the town. John Crosby was named “vendue-master” to accept bids and sell to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… plays, concerts, visiting speakers, political and religious meetings, and other cultural gatherings."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Historical Society The first recorded religious meeting on Islesboro took place in 1791, in the barn of Joseph Boardman."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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