Keywords: Girls schools
Item 20360
Girls Glee Club, Lincoln Junior High School, Portland, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 27063
Islesboro High School girls' basketball team, 1928
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Islesboro Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Young men and women in the 19th century often went away from home -- sometimes for a few months, sometimes for longer periods -- to attend academies, seminaries, or schools run by individuals. While there, they wrote letters home, reporting on boarding arrangements and coursework undertaken, and inquired about the family at home.
Exhibit
John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls
"Maine Industrial School for Girls Industrial School for Girls, Winthrop Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1919Hubbard Free Library The purpose of the…"
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington High School girls basketball team, 1919
"Farmington High School girls basketball team, 1919 Contributed by Farmington Historical Society Description Group portrait of the 1919…"
Story
Norman Sevigny: history of a neighborhood grocery store
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Growing up in a Franco-American community and working in the family business, Sevigny’s Market
Story
Paul Gagne: Living a life fully engaged in his community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A man with a wide range of skills and talents shares them for the benefit of his community
Lesson Plan
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.
