Keywords: fitchburg
Item 8065
Fitchburg & Leominster RR, Wedge & Wing plow, 1886
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886-01-02 Location: Portland Media: Albumen print
Item 52795
Henry S. Burrage painted by Mildred Burrage, ca. 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1927 Media: Oil
Exhibit
Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women
Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.
