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Norridgewock Historical Society

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

"Roberta was also elected the first female selectman for the town of Swan’s Island in 1964. She served in this position until 1969."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"… resident Martha Ballard (1735-1812) exemplifies female settlers’ varied and extensive responsibilities."

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…"

Maine Central Institute

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… they created while here was never equled by any number of females." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"Steadily increasing female participation in outdoor activities such as lawn tennis, ball games, and bicycling contributed to demand for, and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… children could be bound out until they turned 21; female children until they turned 18 or were married."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… paid to 1st place for best heard, 1 male and 4 females. A sample of other categories: stallions, matched and gentlemen’s driving horses…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Benjamin Vaughan wanted the females in his family to be well informed and exposed to liberal thinking."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… governor from Franklin County (also Maine's first female governor); Maine Attorney General (2009-2011, 2013-2019); lawyer Stephen Titcomb…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"Garments predominantly identify as adult female, with some children’s and male items, including military uniforms."

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"… male teachers were paid $4.18 a week compared to female teachers at $1.52 a week. They had two classes in 1849, and they were “General English” and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… or those carrying eggs or a V-notch (indicating females capable of bearing eggs) are returned to the water."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"All egg-bearing females and those with a V-notch cut in a tail flipper must be released. Cutting a V-notch is meant to keep the females in the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"The Daughters of Rebekah was the female component to the I.O.O.F., and in 1906, a Rebekah's Lodge opened an orphanage near Manhattan, Kansas."

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… they established the privately-endowed Hallowell Female Benevolent Society, an organization that performed charitable work for more than 100 years…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"She was one of the first five female officers posted to England in November of 1942. She was in England only a short time before being transferred to…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"Surry's top female athletes were Loretta Lessard and Grace McCabe. Kenneth Moon and Mark Young were the top male athletes."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… the practice, and the program remained all female until the 1960s.) When Ruth Attean graduated in 1935, the school had 36 residents."

Colby College Special Collections

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… converted for use as help-house lodging for the female employees of the Asticou Inn. George A. Savage, Sr."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Charlotte Amanda Blake Brown was one of the first female doctors to practice in the West Coast of America."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… one came home, one did not; one was male, one was female; both volunteered; one served in the Pacific, one in Europe."