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

"Not only were there pro-suffrage organizations but anti-suffrage movements as well. These included the Maine Association Opposed to Suffrage for…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"From suffrage to the glass ceiling, the NFBPWC continues to empower and mentor professional women. Within a year of its formation in 1920, the…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… to abolish slavery and the struggle for women's suffrage, engaged the nation's full attention. Passions ran high and the political…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… the important manners discussed were universal suffrage for all men over 21, the power of the legislative branch and representation in the…"

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

"Abolition of slavery, the fight for women's suffrage, and efforts to care for those less fortunate are all rooted in this era."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… women engaged in other social causes including suffrage and aid to Armenian refugees and were part of an emerging generation of professional women."

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… was also able to influence the national Women’s Suffrage Movement with her literary work which included newspaper articles, short stories, and…"

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Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"The State of Maine finally extended Federal suffrage to the Penobscot Nation in 1955, where Lucy cast the first ballot."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… the first half of 19th century American history: suffrage, temperance, and abolition. In Bangor, the last two caused considerable debate and some…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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