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Florence House is based on the Housing First model, a strategy to help move women from homelessness to a permanent supportive home environment. Florence House can house 50 or more former homeless women. The building includes 25 efficiency apartments, a safe-haven area with 15 semi-private spaces and 10 to 25 emergency shelter beds [2]
Lois Galgay Reckitt (née Galgay; December 31, 1944 – October 30, 2023) was an American feminist and activist.Called "one of the most prominent advocates in Maine for abused women", [1] she served as executive director of Family Crisis Services in Portland, Maine, for more than three decades.
The Maine Women's Lobby was founded in 1978 by nine women, including Patricia E. Ryan, Linda Smith Dyer, Lois Galgay Reckitt, and Janet T. Mills. [2] [3] During the 1978 Maine Legislative Session, the group worked to fund battered women’s shelters, but when the session concluded, there was no money appropriated for the shelters.
Lillian M. N. Stevens (1843–1914) was an American temperance worker and social reformer, born at Dover, Maine.She helped launch the Maine chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), [3] served as its president, and was elected president of the National W.C.T.U. after the death of Frances Willard.
Karen Heck (born 1952) [1] [2] is an American community activist, women's rights activist, nonprofit administrator, and politician. She was mayor of Waterville, Maine from 2012 to 2014. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2008.
YWCA of Greater Portland is a charitable organization with a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. The organization serves Multnomah County in four major areas of programming including youth services, domestic violence services, senior services, and social change.
Nov. 16—Windham residents and businesses were ordered to shelter in place Thursday after a suspicious package was discovered in a parking lot near Maine Optometry at 656 Roosevelt Trail. The ...
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs (MFWC) [8] Maine Woman Suffrage Association (MWSA), formed in 1873 [9] The Men's Equal Suffrage League of Maine, formed in 1914 [10] Portland Equal Franchise League [11] Woman Suffrage Association of Portland [12] Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), first Maine chapter formed in 1874 [13]