Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… of North Yarmouth, the names of 40 men and one woman were affixed to a document establishing the Second social Library in North Yarmouth."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… very independent and financially self-sufficient woman. Elizabeth Akers Allen collar, ca. 1870Maine Historical Society After several years of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… dancing as partners, the man's hand on the woman's waist, the two facing one another – and often were criticized as vulgar or sinful and therefore…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"a man or woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… environment, with the expectation that a woman take the steps and give her best effort to realizing her full potential.” Howard Buckley, CEO of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… 1927, and she became determined to be the first woman to match his feat. Miss Grayson landed in Maine to much fanfare and excitement."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Whatever they would catch, the woman would skin clean and prepare. In the winter hunting became less popular because of the coldness."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They killed the woman and a child and Bomazeen ran to warn the others in the village. He was shot down in the river where it is still today called…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"There was another woman on the other side of the table, and that was fun because you did socialize and have a little bit of life other than just…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Mrs. Lewis, a woman who owns the little store down the street, is bidding $4,000 for our oldest and largest fox on the farm."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… war on April 9, 1865 approximately 97 men and one woman from North Yarmouth and 62 men from Cumberland had left their hometowns and traveled south…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Daniel married a woman named Ester Ann and by 1870 they lived in Eustis Plantation with two daughters."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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