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Historical Items

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Item 7902

Eminent Women, 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884 Media: Lithograph, phototransparency

Item 30882

Julia, and the Illuminated Baron, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1800

Contributed by: Abplanalp Library, UNE Date: 1800 Location: York Media: Ink on paper

Item 7256

Edna St. Vincent Millay and high school friends, Camden, 1909

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: circa 1909 Location: Camden Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Writing Women

Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.

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Student Exhibit: Rebecca Sophie Clarke

Sophie May, whose real name was Rebecca Clarke, was the author of over 40 books between 1861 and 1903. She wrote the "Little Prudy Series" based on the little town of Norridgewock.

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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.

Site Pages

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Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… Blethen Maine Newspapers Explorer, scientist, author and teacher Donald B. MacMillan liked Wiscasset, a community of about 1,200 on the Sheepscot…"