Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Frances Grayson On October 10, 1927, female aviator Frances Wilson Grayson, along with her crew, landed her Sikorsky S-36 amphibian plane the "Dawn"…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"… male teachers were paid $4.18 a week compared to female teachers at $1.52 a week. They had two classes in 1849, and they were “General English” and…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"Surry's top female athletes were Loretta Lessard and Grace McCabe. Kenneth Moon and Mark Young were the top male athletes."

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… they established the privately-endowed Hallowell Female Benevolent Society, an organization that performed charitable work for more than 100 years…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… based on the challenges that she faced being a female traveler in Europe. Elizabeth Akers chain and locket, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Teacher turn-over posed a problem of continuity in education. (Superintendent's Reports in Town Reports) During this time, health was also an issue."

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… in 1979, noting her as Maine’s most recognized female singer. Cody performed for ten years at Poland Spring Inn in her fifties, recorded Hopeless…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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