Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies The first woman admitted to the Maine bar more than a century ago was a sharp-eyed Rockland resident who was just as comfortable hunting rabbits as she was in a courtroom. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    While Maine’s notable men constructed the bones of a solid economy and government, its notable women added flesh in the forms of schools, hospitals, libraries, churches and community outreach. Neither could have existed without the other, and together the men and women of historic Maine have left today’s… Read More
    It should be no surprise that Sarah Jane Farmer (1847-1916) did something special during her lifetime. Her father, Moses Gerrish Farmer (1820-1893) of Eliot, invented a fire alarm pull box, the design of which is still in use today. In 1847 he invented the first… Read More
    From 1854 to 1875, Abbie Burgess Grant served as an assistant lighthouse keeper at Matinicus Rock Light Station on Matinicus Rock, an isolated, rocky island about 15 miles off the coast of Maine. Abbie Burgess was born in 1839 and moved to Matinicus Rock with… Read More
    Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies Kate Furbish was born Catherine Furbish in Exeter, N.H., on May 19, 1834, to Benjamin and Mary Lane Furbish. When she was barely a year old, the family relocated to Brunswick, Maine, where she developed a… Read More
    Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies The roster reads like a Who’s-Who of women’s literature: Edna St. Vincent Millay got her start in Midcoast Maine. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” during a three-year stint in Brunswick. And Sarah Orne Jewett… Read More
    Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies Jane Jeffrey (later Ricker) was a British citizen who served as a nurse with the American Red Cross at a U.S. Army hospital in France during World War I. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    Mary Lane McMillan, an artist and illustrator, and her husband, George McMillan, a musician, established the McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School at their summer home in Rome, Maine. The home on Crystal Springs Camp Road was used during the 1920s and 1930s as a camp for… Read More
    Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies The daughter of George and Henrietta Goodall, Marion C. Goodall was born in Sanford on May 24, 1875. She married William Henry Marland in 1903. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    Mabel Antoinette Sine Wadsworth, a pioneer in the advancement of women’s health care and birth control in Maine, was 95 years old when she died at her Bangor home on Jan. 11, 2006. She was born Oct. 14, 1910, in Rochester, N.Y., one of six children of David… Read More
    Sculptor Louise Nevelson was born Leah Berliawsky in 1899 in Kiev, Russia, and moved with her family to Rockland in 1905, according to the Louise Nevelson Foundation Web site. She was married in 1920 and moved to New York City, where she lived until her death in 1988. Read More
    Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies Elizabeth Oakes Smith, the daughter of David and Sophia Prince, was born Aug. 12, 1806, in North Yarmouth, Maine. At 16, she married Seba Smith, 31, a Portland newspaper editor who is best known for his… Read More
    Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies Lillian Nordica, born Lillian Norton on Dec. 12, 1857, in Farmington, was America’s first and most glamorous soprano opera singer to attain true international prominence. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies The woman most responsible for creation of the National Federation of Republican Women in 1937 was Marion E. Martin of Maine. In 1944 she estimated that she could mobilize 1 million Republican women through the clubs… Read More
    Lillian Stevens, born Lillian Marilla (or Marion according to some sources) Nickerson Ames on March 1, 1844, in Dover, was concerned about many of the social issues of her time. Her parents, school teacher Nathaniel Ames and Nancy Fowler (Parsons) Ames, made sure their daughter had the religious… Read More
    Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies Rachel Carson, writer, scientist, and ecologist, was born May 27, 1907, and grew up in the rural river town of Springdale, Pa. Her mother bequeathed to her a lifelong love of nature and the living world… Read More
    Born Jessie Carolyn Dermot in Rockland in the late 1860s or early 1870s, Maxine Elliott traveled to many overseas destinations including Europe and India with her father, Capt. Thomas Dermot, as a child. She became interested in theater while a student at Notre Dame Academy,… Read More
    Adelaide C. and Alan L. Bird, professor of history, will discuss the different ways people experienced and dealt with illness in the antebellum South through the research of Marli Weiner for her book “Defining the Body: Race, Sex and Place in the Antebellum South,” which is the first… Read More
    Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies Sarah Sampson was one of several hundred women from Maine who volunteered to care for wounded and sick soldiers during the Civil War. There was no professional training, so she had to rely on her experience… Read More
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    1. Fanny Hardy Eckstorm (with hat); circa 1900. Eckstorm (1865-1946); a Maine folklorist and writer; collected American Indian stories and legends and wrote about the Maine woods and woodsmen. One well-known work is “The Penobscot Man.” Courtesy of the Maine historical society googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Molly Nelson Archambuad, better known by her stage name Molly Spotted Elk, was a famous dancer and vaudeville star in the early 20th century. She was born Molly Alice Nelson on Nov. 17, 1903, on Indian Island. As a Penobscot Indian performer, Spotted Elk achieved fame for her… Read More
    ORONO – Is there a Jewish mother in Jewish folklore? Dan Ben-Amos, a professor of folklore and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss his recent publication “Folktales of the Jews” from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, in the Bangor Room… Read More