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  • Author: Fongemie, Pauly

Date: 1991 September 30

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor rebuffing a previous letter written by Peg Ricker (6 September 1991), and supporting the all-male membership of Augusta, Maine, social club, Le Club Calumet, for the sake of "gender bonding," among other reasons.

  • Author: Charon, Michelle

Date: 1991 October 5-6

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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A commentary on the headline article of this issue, "Women in the Clubs," that elaborates a discussion of Nancy Albert Ellis. In 1988, Ellis was refused membership to the all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, of Augusta, Maine, and…

  • Author: Violette, Maurice

Date: 1991 October 9

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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A lengthy open letter concerning the potential effects of Kennebec County Superior Court's ruling against Le Club Calumet, charging it to begin admitting women into the membership ranks of its historically all-male establishment in Augusta, Maine.…

  • Author: Michaud, Gerald P.

Date: 1991 October 14

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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A letter to the editor in response to Maurice Violette's "An Open Letter..." (9 October 1991), contesting Violette's fixation on the matter of "public vs. private" as the keystone of the debate surrounding Le Club Calumet's recent Kennebec County,…

  • Author: Brack, Ken

Date: 1991 October 16

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Kennebec County (Maine) Superior Court judge rejects Nancy Ellis' bid to attach a lien to Calumet Club property in the case that, if her lawsuit against the club is victorious, the club disbands, sells land, and refuses coverage of her legal fees.

  • Author: Hale, Karlene K.

Date: 1992 March 5

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court to overturn a superior court decision forcing it to change its organizational bylaws and admit women as members.

  • Author: Hale, Karlene K.

Date: 1992 March 7

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Le Club Calumet, a Franco American men's social club in Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court a decision made by the superior court that would have forced the club to admit women as members. This article covers the beginning of the…

  • Author: Goodman, Denise

Date: 1992 March 22

Publication: The Boston Globe

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1536853

A Boston Globe update on the Maine Supreme Court case of the Maine Human Rights Commission and Nancy Ellis vs. Le Club Calumet, regarding the issue of a private accommodation limiting its membership based on ethnic and sex discriminations and if, as…

  • Author: Betit, Elizabeth

Date: 1992 May 29

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor opposed to the Maine Supreme Court's decision in favor of Le Club Calumet barring women from membership in its Augusta, Maine, organization.

  • Author: Dill, Thomas

Date: 1992 May 29

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor questioning the motives of Nancy Albert Ellis in her filing suit against Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, for refusing her a membership based on her sex - a suit she eventually lost in the Maine Supreme Court.

  • Author: Hale, Karlene K.

Date: 1992 May 23-24

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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In May, 1992, the Maine State Supreme Court ruled that Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American men's club in Augusta, Maine, can exclude women as members from its organization. This decision was based on the court's finding that the Club was, in fact, a…

  • Author: Violette, Maurice

Date: 1992 May 28

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor berating Augusta, Maine's Kennebec Journal for its selective coverage of the controversy involving Le Club Calumet and Nancy Ellis - a battle over gender and club membership that landed both parties in the Maine Supreme Court.

  • Author: St. Hilaire, Eleanor

Date: 1992 May 28

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor questioning the meaning of the phrase "equal rights" as it has been used in the conversation between Nancy Albert Ellis and the all-male Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine.

  • Author: Huff, Phil

Date: 1992 May 28

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor calling upon "all women of French ancestry" to unite in response to the Maine Supreme Court's decision to allow the Calumet Club of Augusta, Maine, to refuse membership to women.

  • Author: Stevens, Deane S.

Date: 1992 May 28

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor that claims to be in support of the Maine Supreme Court decision to protect the all-male Le Club Calumet's freedom of association.

  • Author: Cartwright, Steve

Date: 1992 October 22

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Nancy Albert Ellis' father and uncle, Demetrius and Henry Albert, were suspended by Le Club Calumet after refusing to appear before their executive board to discuss their public support of Ellis' controversial bid for membership in the all-male,…

  • Author: Hale, Karlene K.

Date: 1992 July 16

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Nancy Albert Ellis, a woman whose membership application to Le Club Calumet in Augusta, Maine, was denied based on her sex, and who lost a legal battle with the Club that was taken all the way to the Maine Supreme Court, does not appeal the decision…

  • Author: Cline, Claire

Date: 1992 November 5

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor calling for gender equality in cutural organizations. This comes in support of Nancy Albert Ellis, whose bid to join the Calumet Club in Augusta, Maine, was rejected, and ultimately denied in a decision by the Maine Supreme…

  • Author: Bickerman, Karen L.

Date: 1992 November 5

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor berating Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, for its refusal of Nancy Albert Ellis' membership bid on account of her sex. The author seeks a peaceful resolution to what became a controversial issue surrounding the inclusion of…

  • Author: Morin-Scribner, Nicole

Date: 1992 June 9

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Letter to the editor calling upon Franco Americans and Le Club Calumet to look past the controversial 1992 Maine Supreme Court case regarding club identity and gender, and to consider the best way of using all available resources for cultural…

  • Author: Tessier, Marie

Date: 2001 April 12

Language: English

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E-news article on women reviving Franco culture in Maine.

  • Author: Langellier, Kristin
  • Author: Peterson, Eric E.

Date: 2004

Language: en

Find in a Library: 52214849

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Performance studies theory text. Maine Franco American case studies in a discussion of the methods and forms of storytelling. Written by two University of Maine professors. From Temple University Press: "The authors ably guide readers through the…

  • Author: Price, Trudy Chambers

Date: 2004

Language: English

Find in a Library: 55659235

From Islandport Press: "Family dairy farms are disappearing in Maine and with them, a way of life. Trudy Chambers Price has captured the daily joys and struggles of the family farm in a way that ensures this Maine way of life will not be…

  • Author: Toth, Emily

Date: 1999

Language: English

Find in a Library: 39800550

Biography of the author of "The Awakening." From University Press of Mississippi: "In 'Unveiling Kate Chopin,' Emily Toth, the foremost authority on Chopin's life and works, creates a sharply revealing portrait of a modern woman in a Victorian world.…

  • Author: Cameron, Ardis

Date: 1995

Language: en

Find in a Library: 26932573

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New England women's labor history text from a professor of American and New England studies at the University of Southern Maine. Focuses on Lawrence, Massachusetts, as a town with a diversity of worker and ethnic experience, and the relationship…

  • Author: Weiner, Marli Frances (editor)

Date: 2005

Language: en

Find in a Library: 61184330

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From UMaine Press: "This volume of fourteen essays on Maine women's history fills a real need, helping to answer questions about what women were doing in local communities and highlighting their similarities and differences from women elsewhere.…

  • Author: Dublin, Thomas

Date: 1979

Language: en

Find in a Library: 4805234

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From Columbia University Press: "In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes…

  • Author: Dublin, Thomas (editor)

Date: 1981 (1993)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 7203495

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From Columbia University Press: "Between 1820 and 1860, tens of thousands of single women streamed from rural New England to find work in the burgeoning factory towns of the region. In 'Farm to Factory' Thomas Dublin has selected five sets of letters…