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Social History

University of Southern Maine

1996

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Winter 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1996

Winter 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Summer 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1996

Summer 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Fall 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1996

Fall 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Jacques Cartier Chalet Certificate Of Appreciation, Sabattus Mountaineers Snowmobile Club Jan 1996

Jacques Cartier Chalet Certificate Of Appreciation, Sabattus Mountaineers Snowmobile Club

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Certificate of appreciation form Sabattus Mountaineers Snowmobile Club to Jacques Cartier Chalet for the 1996-1997 winter season. Signed by Roger Gervais, Club President, and James Waterman, Trail Master.

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Fin De Siecle Diana: The New Woman Discovers The Maine Woods, Nan Cumming Ma Jan 1996

Fin De Siecle Diana: The New Woman Discovers The Maine Woods, Nan Cumming Ma

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Women's roles were in flux during the late nineteenth centuury and early twentieth century. Faced with neurasthenia and other health problems, many upper and middle class women accepted the suggestions of doctors and social reformers that they take more exercise, usually in the form of calisthenics and bicycling.The quest for genuine experience in the increasingly artificial and overpopulated cities brought many male sports to Maine's untamed woods and, by 1890, women joined them in increasing numbers.

This study explores the attraction that the Maine wilderness held for upper and middle class Victorian women.

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