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Votes for Women!
The museum’s newest exhibition, Women’s Long Road – 100 Years to the Vote welcomes visitors with historical photographs, stories about people, and artifacts that all explore the wide-ranging efforts by many women (and some men) to gain the voting rights finally guaranteed in 1920 by the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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New Lesson Plans Highlight Women’s Suffrage in Maine
Three new lesson plans use political cartoons, maps, and a recreated debate to introduce students to the story of the women’s suffrage movement in Maine. The lessons are recommended for Grades 4-12. All lessons and materials are digital and available for free download here.
We encourage teachers to pair these lessons with a visit to the exhibit Women’s Long Road – 100 Years to the Vote, though the materials can also be used remotely!
Celebrating the Bicentennial…New Exhibit to Debut on March 14, 2020
The museum begins its celebration of Maine's bicentennial on March 14, 2020 with the opening of a new exhibit, currently in development and design. The exhibition, Regional Struggle, National Story: Maine's Path to Statehood, tells a multi-layered story of the many...
