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Online Exhibits
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While numerous Mainers worked for and against woman suffrage in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some also worked on the national level, seeking a federal amendment to allow women the right to vote
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The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders
"… women engaged in other social causes including suffrage and aid to Armenian refugees and were part of an emerging generation of professional women."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction
"… to abolish slavery and the struggle for women's suffrage, engaged the nation's full attention. Passions ran high and the political…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law
"Abolition of slavery, the fight for women's suffrage, and efforts to care for those less fortunate are all rooted in this era."
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Throughout the history of the state, residents have protested, on paper or in the streets, to increase rights for various groups, to effect social change, to prevent social change, or to let their feelings be known about important issues.
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Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva
Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.
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Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages
"The State of Maine finally extended Federal suffrage to the Penobscot Nation in 1955, where Lucy cast the first ballot."
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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.
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Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.