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By CHLOE BOULLE | University of New England
Historian and professor Dr. Elizabeth DeWolfe will join the Biddeford Mills Museum on March 29 for a Women’s History Month lecture on the 1841 women-led strike of textile mill workers.
The Biddeford Mills Museum is celebrating this year’s Women’s History Month with a series of events and lectures, culminating in a lecture by University of New England Professor and Historian, Dr. Elizabeth DeWolfe.
DeWolfe will join the museum to discuss “The Great Turn-out of 1841, a women-led textile-mill worker strike in Biddeford.”
The lecture will be held in the Biddeford Mills Museum, beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 29.
The lecture is open to the public and seats may reserved via email | millalumni@gmail.com.
Following the lecture, the room will open for a question-and-answer session with attendees and refreshments will be provided.
Please join The Biddeford Mills Museum for this exciting and informative afternoon. Connect with community members past and present, celebrating the bravery of young women from our past.
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Tour historic mill buildings and connect with the past that shaped Biddeford. You will have a fascinating glimpse into a vibrant history of the textile industry, walk through rooms that were once weave sheds, and visit underground canals built in 1837, where the Saco powered the mills.
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