Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… back in 1860’s, I wouldn’t have that right as a female. The Civil War started people thinking about civil rights, like rights for women and people…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… based on the challenges that she faced being a female traveler in Europe. Elizabeth Akers chain and locket, ca."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… 500, Surry contributed forty people (38 males, 2 females) to the World War II cause. One man, Wilbur McKeown, a 2nd Class Petty Officer, was killed…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Charles M. Bisbee in 1895. Dr. Laura F. Noyes, a female physician and her two physician daughters, Dr. Sarah E. Noyes (Brooks) and Dr."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"She invited her many female friends and acquaintances – Catholic and Protestant – to assist her to educate young children and girls, visit the poor…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Frances Grayson On October 10, 1927, female aviator Frances Wilson Grayson, along with her crew, landed her Sikorsky S-36 amphibian plane the "Dawn"…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"A part of the female portion still remained, but the greater part had gone to Richmond. A part of those who remained seemed to be very attentive to…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"One course popular with the female population was typing. The first typewriters were purchased in 1916; the next year six more typewriters were…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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