Keywords: Women in business
Item 12582
Business women's convention, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 12586
Alabama business women, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 65957
25 North Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Fred A. Chase Use: Store
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
Exhibit
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 Page
"… Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow Delegates from the National Federation of Business and…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"Across the street was a women's dress shop, operated by local businessman Walter Hall and a gas service station."
Story
Growing up in Lewiston
by Kathy Becvar
Growing up in Lewiston in the 1960s and 1970s.
Story
How I broke the mold for women to serve in the military
by Mary D. McGuirk
My life and career as a USAF Nurse
