Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"Women have served on the school board ever since. Roberta was also elected the first female selectman for the town of Swan’s Island in 1964."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"With the men away fighting, women would take over work in the mills and raise the children alone. Economically, the Depression affected the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… educator, dedicated to educating young men and women in the Farmington area, as well as other areas in and out of the state of Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Women's Heritage Tour -- What started as a class project over 10 years ago in an undergraduate history course at University of Maine Farmington was…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… a larger than life legacy and who went where few women had gone before. Some of Mattie’s military records and citations plus personally autographed…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Twenty-one dollars was eventually raised, a school board elected, and the first school was kept in the loft of Capt John Bennett’s shed until the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"And the Normal School would be the catalyst for improved education in the public sector. Farmington is a proud community – proud of their downtown…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Map of Islesboro

"… Map of Islesboro map of Islesboro  X"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Water Transportation Text by David Thibodeau Ship Compass, Islesboro, ca. 1940Islesboro Historical Society SInce arriving in the 18th century…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Many Hampden women worked in the mill’s rag room. In 1840 another Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"Women of the community were determined that women who were widowed by such events would not be abandoned."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Many Hampden women worked in the mill’s rag room. In 1840 another Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Marshall, Megan. The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Nason, Emma Huntington."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop crew and huskers, Farmington Falls, ca. 1900

"… Historical Society Description Women and men are husking corn under the shed roof at the E.S."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"“These contain names of Strong High School students from 1895 to 1933, terms they were in school, and their grades,” he said."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"… 7,000 people in corn factories, one-third of them women. Maine was ranked third in the country in corn packing, behind Illinois and New York."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"There were two floors to the school, with the older students upstairs. Both floors were heated by a wood stove in the winter."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"All of these women have provided caring and dedicated medical services to the community of Swan’s Island for close to one hundred years."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Arts Study Club Program, Farmington, 1930-1931

"… Library Description A serious group of women devoted to the study of the arts in their many and various forms formed the Arts Study Club."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Ladies' Third Annual Banquet, Farmington, 1893

"This was organized by an ad hoc group of women rather than one of the organized clubs in Farmington."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"She was a member of the professional women's club Sorosis, which had many writer members. References Encyclopedia Britannica…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Fishermen and women would use bamboo for the material to make fishing poles back then. The bamboo was really weak so it kept breaking, and people had…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"This program was created by the U.S. Dept. of Labor and Dept. of Agriculture. “Women will go to farms where farmers are willing and ready to use…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… eight members to fellowship, six of which were women. The Unitarians joined the Universalists in 1868, forming the Liberal Christian Association…"