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Historical Items

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Item 104167

Young women of Millinocket, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print

Item 104485

Five young women, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: Daguerreotype

Mystery Corner Item

Item 104790

Frances Johnson at YWCA, ca. 1935

Mystery Corner Item Do you know where this was taken?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Media: Glass Negative

Tax Records

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Item 76360

69-71 Spring Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Young Women's Crhristian Association Use: Young Women's Christian Association

Item 78395

247 Valley Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Young Women's Christian Association Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 52878

120-124 Free Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Young Womens Christian Association Use: Rooming House

Online Exhibits

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Working Women of the Old Port

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

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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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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Site Page

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… toward Maine’s prohibition laws, two young women with whiskey glasses in hand rest their elbows on a table displaying a liquor bottle (pictured at…"

Site Page

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"All of these women have played a big part in the history of Bangor and have inspired people all around the world."

Site Page

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… is the indoor setting of a tintype of two women who are seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Water is Music
by P Leone

Throughout her life water has played an important part

Story

Epidemic of violence against Indigenous people
by Michael-Corey F. Hinton

Systemic racism, murder, and the danger of stereotypes

Story

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.