Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… eight months before the 19th Amendment allocated voting rights for many American women – its mission then and now is to develop women’s leadership…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… of Islesborough (spelling until late 1800s) voted in 1794 to divide the town into districts for schooling, and each district was responsible for…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Based on the voting record, islanders were not initially in favor of the separation. On October 29, 1819, a convention held in Portland created a…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"Although female heirs voted and affixed their signatures to decisions requiring all shareholders’ approval, they do not appear to have attended most…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"At the time, only men were allowed to vote. Women were prohibited by the government to vote until the 20th century."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Women did not have the right to vote at that time, so the men conducted the meetings and were elected to all offices."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"… the land underneath the building, and the town voted to sell the building in 2006. In 2007, the hall was cleared out and in May of 2009 the entire…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… into slavery and women and African Americans can vote. If I lived back then, I think that my feelings on this would be the same."

Fryeburg Public Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Democratic politics, the Irish residents who voted with the Democrats, and the politicians -- locally and nationally -- who undid what Lincoln and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Finally, in 1800 islanders voted to build two meeting houses, the Congregational on the Bass Harbor Road in Southwest Harbor, and the Baptist, on…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… continues to be prohibited on the island, and was voted down in both 2010 and 2011. Red Men's Hall, Swan's Island, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"The meetings were sometimes about voting rights for black veterans. During the picnics they also talked about life and the war."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"In 1913, the townspeople voted to accept the incorporation of Strong Water District, which was created by another act of the legislature."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… the first major breakthrough after the town voted funds for the support of a Department. Chelsea Stewart was the Fire Warden at that time, and he…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… "In the House of Representatives Feb 23rd 1762 Voted, That the Petition of Eben Thorndike and fifty nine Others his Associates be so far granted…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"In 1912 the Baptists and Universalists voted to combine into the Congregational Union Church, with Pastor Rev. Ransom E."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Americans received the right vote in 1870 and women the right to vote in 1920, the United State government did not give this right to native people…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… the citizens of Farmington….were called upon to vote on the subject of accepting a road to the new depot grounds in this village."

Bangor Public Library

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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