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Assuming women is required, the following results were found.
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NH Women in the Revolution
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FRAMERS OF FREEDOM We see so few females faces in the American Revolution. Finding images of revolutionary women is difficult even today. But they were there, participating at nearly every level and dominating the work behind the scenes. Seacoast...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/nh-women-in-the-revolution/
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First Women Executed in NH
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December 27, 1739 EXECUTION IN PORTSMOUTH Sarah Simpson and Penelope Kenny were hanged in Portsmouth for murdering their infants. Their public execution, the first in the state, began the long unresolved debate over capital punishment in New Hampshire....
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/first-women-executed-in-nh/
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Why Women Cycle Better Than Men
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SEACOAST CYCLING Anyone who takes on gender issues these days is cruising for a lawsuit. But the Great Balkini pedals where others fear to tread. His theory is, not only that women are naturally better recreational riders, but that they have the...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/why-women-cycle-better-than-men/
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A Memorable Murder in Maine
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Isles of Shoals SMUTTYNOSE MURDERS Popular island poet Celia Thaxter got tangled up in a real live murder while running her tourist hotel at the Isles of Shoals. One of the victims of the 1873 Smuttynose Murders had worked for Thaxter at the Appledore...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/a-memorable-murder-in-maine/
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Taken is Thriller for Women
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SEACOAST BOOKS Kate Bickford's 11-year-old son Tomas was with her one moment. Then suddenly he was gone. The kidnapper, however, has no intention of returning Tomas. Kate strikes back by hiring an expert in child abduction. Then the action begins in...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/taken-is-thriller-for-women/
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Women of the Seacoast
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Seacoast Gallery FRANK CLARKSON A dozen professional images of local women in local settings. This archived gallery offers a wide range of subjects and sceneryin this timeless collection. Seacoast Gallery is a regular feature of SeacoastNH.com.
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/women-of-the-seacoast/
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Jesse James Women
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THE DINGUS PROJECT Jesse James in Film #24 With the exception of Jesse "James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter," it doesn’t get much worse than this. On second thought, this one is worse. Donald Barry, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in this...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/jesse-james-women/
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Peace Corps Letter from Senegal
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EDITOR AT LARGE Rebecca Perkins was born and raised in Seacoast, New Hampshire so there was nothing familiar about life in West Africa. Or was there? Rebecca reports on the lessons she taught as a Peace Corps business consultant in Dakar – and the...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/peace-corps-letter-from-senegal/
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Marilla Ricker
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First NH Lawyer (1840 - 1920)
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/marilla-ricker/
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Lotte Jacobi
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Photographer (1896 - 1990)
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/lotte-jacobi/
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Celia Thaxter Attacks Heartless Women Wearing Birds as Fashion
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It became fashionable in Victorian times to wear the dead bodies of colorful birds attached to women’s hats. Isles of Shoals poet Celia Thaxter abhorred this practice and fought among others to end this fashion statement. Her powerful 1886 essay on the...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/celia-thaxter-attacks-heartless-women-wearing-birds-as-fashion/
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Super Boy Lifts Tiny Women
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Strawbery Banke Presents HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #167 Is this the Clark Kent of Portsmouth? No, just a clever optical illusion. On a summer beach outing from Puddle Dock, young Dickie Tibbitts poses for the camera, while Joan and Doris Finnigan stand on a...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/super-boy-lifts-tiny-women/
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The Women in the Band
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Strawbery Banke Presents HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #122 Pictures can be deceiving. What looks like the first all-female NH orchestra is really a gag photo. The uniformed men hiding in the upper level are members of the Masonic order of the Portsmouth Knights...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/the-women-in-the-band/
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Two Women by the Sea
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IS IT THE WENTWORTH? A curious photo from a Seacoast reader raises more questions than it answers. We welcome readers with knowledge about early photography to offer their views on what appears to be a painted scene of Wentworth by the Sea Hotel in New...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/two-women-by-the-sea/
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Maryellen’s Magic Wedding Dress
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SEACOAST WEDDINGS Five years ago thre was a wedding. It was a good wedding. It didn’t rain until the final hours. But what we remember most was the bride’s dress, copied for a 200-year old original. While the bride wore the dress on the lawn of a...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/maryellens-magic-wedding-dress/
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First Blacks of Portsmouth, Part 2
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SEACOAST HISTORY New Hampshire historian Valerie Cunningham continues her groundbreaking study of African American roots in the Portsmouth seaport. This section looks at the limits of black freedom and looks at the well known "Negro Court". Valerie...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/first-blacks-of-portsmouth-part-2/
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Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
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Composer (1867-1944)
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/amy-marcy-cheney-beach/
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First Portsmouth Guidebooks
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WHEN HELEN MET SARAH Portsmouth, NH has had many historic walking guides over the years. The first and perhaps best in 1876 was the inspiration of Sarah Haven Foster, a local artist and writer. Her independent work inspired artist Helen Pearson to...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/first-portsmouth-guidebooks/
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Terrible Tragedy at the Isles of Shoals
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(Editor's Note: Readers should be aware that this early hurried report gets all the names wrong, except that of Wagner. It assumes Wagner lived on the Isles of Shoals since he had previously lived on Star and Smutty Nose, but at the time of the murder...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/terrible-tragedy-at-the-isles-of-shoals/
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The Slave Trade in New Hampshire
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NH BLACK HISTORY Since its publication, the book Black Portsmouth has become an invaluable tool for historians. It documents the important and four-century history of African Americans in NH’s only seaport. This summary is part of the original research...
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http://www.seacoastnh.com/the-slave-trade-in-new-hampshire/
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