Maine Memory Network

Thorne murder sketch by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Harpswell, ca. 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1882 Location: Harpswell Media: Graphite on paper

Ether Shepley to son G. F. Shepley, St. Louis, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Portland; Saint Louis, MO Media: Ink on paper

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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