Researched and written by Phyllis Herrick vonHerrlich

Soon to be published:  A women's history trail of Maine's capital city, Augusta, will be published on the Maine Studies web site in October.  The trail inlcudes information about  the women who have lived and worked in Augusta over four centuries, beginning  with Abenaki women who summered here for an untold  number of years before European contact and ending with contemporary women who today hold political positions in town and state governments.  The trail presents information about working class women and girls, as well as information about women and girls of privilege and power.   While no single piece of reaseach could claim to be comprehensive, the first installment of the Augusta Women's History Trail gives a fascinating overview of the strong, determined, and smart women who have lived in the capital city.  The trail was researched and written by Phyllis Herrick vonHerrlich, of Augusta, as the capstone project for her Bachelor of University Studies degree at the University of Maine.  The trail can be accessed at the following web site, beginning in mid-October:  http://dll.umaine.edu/historytrail/