Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… her considerable resources to assist homeless women, teach young people, and provide a measure of skills training for the people she ministered to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"They often featured women on their advertisements such as Davis Hatch's business card of 1880. Business owners also advertised by placing large signs…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"One such celebration was Memorial Day. Old and young would gather near the Veterans Memorial. There would be a parade, speeches and music."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… between the ages of 18 and 26 went off to war, women were expected to replace them in the workforce, and people of all ages contributed in a…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… program, Biddeford, 1897McArthur Public Library Women were entrepreneurial in their own right, and started social, educational, and charitable…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… in Bangor between 1844 and 1864 and discussed women "who bore a bad name." He wrote that Liz and Clark rented a house and "In a short time the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"1920Swan's Island Historical Society Young and old loved to spend time at the beach. There would be dips in the very cold water, but much of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"At home, women were left to tend the farms, manage family business, care for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Currently the largest organization of religious women in the English-speaking world, and found in more than 40 countries serving in a multitude of…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Giving birth meant young women going into the forest alone for 1-2 hours. They would then come back to the village and continue their everyday work."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… paper bag manufacturer employed hundreds of young women, and many of them came to Rumford Falls from their homes throughout New England and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"Women, excluded from this men’s association, founded a social club of their own in 1897, situated in a seaside cottage within spying range of the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… educator, dedicated to educating young men and women in the Farmington area, as well as other areas in and out of the state of Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Women's lives were hard and they often died young. Men frequently died at sea, and often children did not survive to adulthood."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"World War II further quieted the island as young and old left; either voluntarily to join the war effort or by necessity to seek work on the mainland."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Charlotte had a major impact on women and many other people before and after she died. She inspired many other women to follow their dreams, and not…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… was the establishment of a home for up to fifteen women residents that she and her husband, Edward Vaill, a prominent Portland businessman, had…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… program highlighted the ideals and standards of young graduates of that century. Village School, cr."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… revealed a shallow grave containing the body of young Lura Libby. Suspicion fell upon a Canadian hired-hand named Lawrence Doyle, who lived and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… into a store that sold apparel for both men and women. It was well known for the place to buy the best “knickers” in town."

Skowhegan History House

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… appearance was so startling that he frightened women and children. Showmen wanted to hire him as a curiosity at their shows, but he refused."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… of Jessie Monohon and Linnie Stanley, two young women who worked at the laundry, deciding to dress up in some of the fancy dresses they were…"