Maine Memory Network

Business women's convention, Portland, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Alabama business women, Portland, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

25 North Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Fred A. Chase Use: Store

Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women

Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow Delegates from the National Federation of Business and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"Women in positions as town officials and committee members, however, showed significant change over the same time period, slowly including more women…"

The tradition of lobstering
by Sadie Samuels

I learned to fish from my Dad and will lobster the rest of my life

How I broke the mold for women to serve in the military
by Mary D. McGuirk

My life and career as a USAF Nurse