Keywords: Participation, Female.
Item 5616
Portland Company shop and staff, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 101511
Female mill workers on parade, Biddeford, 1933
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1933-10-29 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
"… century, but the evidence of whether the female shareholders sought a greater role in company affairs or not is unclear."
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3
"Steadily increasing female participation in outdoor activities such as lawn tennis, ball games, and bicycling contributed to demand for, and…"
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
