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Item 100681

Israel Washburn on Republicanism, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-01-28 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Stinchfield Monument, Lincoln, ca. 1887

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1887 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

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Civil War Soldiers' Monument postcard, Bath, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Bath; Richmond; Frederick City Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'

Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.

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Debates Over Suffrage

While numerous Mainers worked for and against woman suffrage in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some also worked on the national level, seeking a federal amendment to allow women the right to vote

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… We verily believe that the amendment for national constitutional prohibition is destined to prevail and that by 1920 the United States flag will…"

Site Pages

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… the will of its residents and its newly drafted constitution, Maine would enter the Union as a free state."

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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… Woman’s Club, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the Maine Temperance Union, and the Christian Civic League were all pro-Temperance…"