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

"… National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow…"

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Old York Historical Society

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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Old Berwick Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

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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…"

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Skowhegan History House

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"All of these women have played a big part in the history of Bangor and have inspired people all around the world."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… their society: generally men hunted game which women in turn cleaned and preserved, and men cleared the fields where women planted and harvested…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"As a result, women necessarily assumed key roles in economic networks. Through marriage, women built connections, solidifying alliances and…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"Women in Colonial Economies The work of Hallowell, Maine resident Martha Ballard (1735-1812) exemplifies female settlers’ varied and extensive…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"Women in Colonial Economies About the Author Sara T. Damiano, Ph.D. is a historian of women and gender in early America and the Atlantic World."

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Tate House Museum

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Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… Century quilt features squares autographed by women bearing names including Case, Calkins, Kelley, Woodward, Guptill, and Small...all old-time…"

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Click on the photo, zoom in, and read Info for their names. Degree of Pocahantas float, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Here's another…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Women sorted, added any condiments and packed the sardines into cans. Each factory would sound its own distinctive whistle to alert workers that…"

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… Society From the labor perspective, these women and the lone child must be from the packing room. There are no “cutters” here."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"Isaac T. Mann, Portland, 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Fishermen aboard Herb Pick's motor boat, Portland, 1923Maine Historical…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"… by Rachel Miller Images from Maine Historical Society/Mainetoday Media From 1922 to 1945, the Portland Public Schools offered daytime…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… Lindbergh, Scarborough, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Icons & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs from the Evening Express …"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express ran a regular article called “We Have With Us”, and “With Us Today”…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… front of his cell, Augusta, 1925Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media James Crawford, alias Harry A."