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  • Subject starts with "Women"

A history of the national woman's rights movement, for twenty years, with the proceedings of the decade meeting held at Apollo hall, October 20, 1870, from 1850 to 1870 ... / comp. by Paulina W. Davis

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The girl's own outdoor book : containing practical help to girls on matters relating to outdoor occupation and recreation / edited by Charles Peters

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Perfect womanhood for maidens, wives, mothers : a book giving full information on all the mysterious and complex matters pertaining to women ... / by Mary R. Melendy

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Daughters of America : or, women of the century / by Phebe A. Hanaford

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House and home / editor Peter Benes ; associate editor Jane Montague Benes

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Women's work in New England, 1620-1920 / editor, Peter Benes ; assoc. ed., Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Section 1. Women and washing. Washing household linens and linen clothing in 1627 Plymouth / Maureen Richard -- Section 2. Women and agriculture. Increase and vantage : Women, cows, and the agricultural economy of Colonial New England /…

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In our own words : New England diaries, 1600 to the present / editor, Peter Benes

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Contents: v.1. Diary diversity, coming of age; v.2. Neighborhoods, war, travel, and history

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Hearts and hands : women, quilts, and American society / text by Elaine Hedges ; captions by Julie Silber and Pat Ferrero ; based on the film Hearts and Hands by Pat Ferrero

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BHS Program: “Sisters of Skade: Women in Maine Skiing"

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Bethel Historical Society program, “Sisters of Skade: Women in Maine Skiing," from March 26, 2016. This program featured presentation by Scott Andrews and a panel discussion featuring Leigh Breidenbach, Leslie Miller Morrill, Nikki Pilavakis-Davoren,…

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The Lowell offering : writings by New England mill women (1840-1845) / edited with an introd. and commentary by Benita Eisler

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New Hampshire women Legislators, 1921-1971 : golden anniversary / [prepared by Leon W. Anderson]

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"Miss Dr. Lucy" and Maine's pioneering female physicians, 1850s-1920 / Annette Vance Dorey

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Voting down the rose : Florence Brooks Whitehouse & Maine's fight for woman suffrage / Anne B. Gass

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Fourteen women [videorecording] / Vertical Films ; produced by Sharon Oreck ; producers, Nicole Boxer, Mary Lambert ; directed by Mary Lambert

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A look at the fourteen women of the 109th United States Congress, their struggle to reach that unprecedented number, and how they dealt with trying to balance family life and their jobs.

Contents: U.S. Senators: Hillary Rodham Clinton (New York) --…

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BHS Program: "Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995): A Centennial Appraisal"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995): A Centennial Appraisal," presented by David Richards, Assistant Director of Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegen, Maine on September 4, 1997.

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BHS Program: "Louise Dickinson Rich"

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Bethel Historical Society Program, "Louise Dickinson Rich," featuring a panel discussion and held on November 6, 1997.

Panelists include: Jane Rich (Rich's former daughter-in-law), Alice Arlen (her biographer), Ernest Angevine (who lived with the…

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Women in the Grange

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Women in the Grange By Jean F. Hankins The following article is based on a paper delivered in September 2008 at the Bethel Historical Society’s conference on the Grange. Jean F. Hankins, of Otisfield, Maine, is an independent scholar, active in…

Mormon midwife : the 1846-1888 diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions / edited by Donna T. Smart

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She took to the woods : Louise Dickinson Rich, a biography / by Alice Arlen

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Her excellency : an oral history of American women ambassadors / Ann Miller Morin

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Reaching out for liberty & light [videorecording] : the life of Frances Payne Bolton / a Telos production in association with History Enterprises.

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Elected to her deceased husband’s seat in Congress, Mrs. Bolton served for 28 years and was the first woman to be named a congressional delegate to the United Nations. She participated in the shaping of some U.S. foreign policies, and in the…

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Sins of our mothers [videorecording] : the story of Emeline / produced by David Hoffman ; written and directed by Matthews Collins ; a Varied Directions production for The American Experience.

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Presents the true story of Emeline Gurney, on which Judith Rossner's novel Emmeline is based. At the age of 13, Emeline was sent by her parents from Fayette, Maine to live and work in the mills at Lowell, Mass. Within a year she had been seduced,…

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Mary Silliman's war / [presented by] Heritage Films and Citadel Films ; produced by Steven Schecter & Barry Cowling ; directed by Stephen Surjik ; written by Steven Schecter & Louisa Burns-Bisogno

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After the kidnapping and imprisonment of her husband by the British for his part in convicting two local Tories during the Revolution, Mary Silliman manages to secure her husband's freedom while still handling domestic affairs and coping with the…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 9, No. 1

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Features: Some Memorable Bethel Women from the Earliest Days to 1930 by Margaret Joy Tibbetts -- 1 The Bethel Agricultural Fair and Riverside Park by Yvonne B. Nowlin [Part 2] -- 3 Member Profile: Ruth Carver Ames (1903-1985) -- 5 A Review of A…

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I conquered my mountain : the autobiography of Ellen Crawford Teague

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