Category: Social Movements & Services, Clubs & societies, Women
Item 6027
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Photographic print
Item 12575
Business and Professional Women at Grand Trunk station, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-07-13 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
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Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
