Maine Memory Network

Old York Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Winter Harbor Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Otisfield Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Pejepscot Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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…"

Old Berwick Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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…"

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…"

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…"

Skowhegan History House

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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."

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…"

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…"

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…"

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."

Tate House Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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…"

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…"

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…"

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."

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…"

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…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

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

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”…"