Equal suffrage contest political cartoon, ca. 1917
Item 5469 info
Maine Historical Society
By 1915, both the State Grange and the Women's Christian Temperance Union had endorsed suffrage.
Suffragists sponsored several street demonstrations in Portland, including a gathering of over 2,000 in Congress Square.
During the demonstrations and on other occasions, suffrage booths could be found in all of Portland's large stores.
Ocean Park in Old Orchard Beach held an annual Suffrage Day beginning in 1900.
Suffrage clubs were active in Portland, Rockland, Saco, Waterville, Bangor, Farmington and in other towns across the state.
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