Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Many women were enlisted to do work in all departments of the mills and keep production rates up for needed war supplies."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… building had separate entrances for the men and women and a balcony in the back which opened into the church proper."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… to pay full credit to the memories of our men and women not now with us.” Guilford Town Hall, 1916 CentennialGuilford Historical Society…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"One-third of the employees were women.Farmington Historical Society Canning The railroad was one entity that had a large impact on the growth of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Americans received the right vote in 1870 and women the right to vote in 1920, the United State government did not give this right to native people…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in Readfield by a tremendous snowstorm and the women and children were forced to remain for four months until spring, while the men journeyed ahead…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Hundreds of young men and women from the city on the Penobscot left to serve their country in every corner of the globe."