Keywords: Gorham Female Seminary
Item 15709
Maine Female Seminary, Gorham, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Gorham Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Gorham Media: Print
Item 15710
Maine Female Seminary, Gorham, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Gorham Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Gorham Media: Photographic print
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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.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women
"Holyoke Seminary. After teaching school in Kentucky for a time they returned to Maine. The sisters operated a private school for girls in Farmington…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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