Maine Memory Network

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"…"

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…"

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."

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…"

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."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Teacher turn-over posed a problem of continuity in education. (Superintendent's Reports in Town Reports) During this time, health was also an issue."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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