Keywords: rose girl
Item 10468
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1924-11-20 Location: Skowhegan Media: Playbill
Item 12811
Gilbert Martin farm, St. Agatha, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic print
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
Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s
"Bangoreans rose to the occasion by sponsoring Victory Food Sales, rationing, buying war bonds, and acting as civil soldiers."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women
"… of her verse include Queen Catherine’s Rose which was published in 1885, The High-Top Sweeting: and other poems published in 1891, and The Ballad…"
Story
Sister Therese Bouthot:Life of service as a Good Shepherd sister
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
From humble beginnings to playing a leadership role in the service of others
Story
"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria
Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.
