Keywords: Woolson School
Item 48822
Thanksgiving pageant, Woolson School, Portland, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 28700
Modern Health Crusaders, Portland, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.
Exhibit
Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
