Celebrate Women’s History Month in Maine at These 4 Sites

March is Women’s History Month, and Maine is filled with sites and landmarks pointing to trailblazing women over the centuries. Honor all women at these four Maine locations this March:

Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Brunswick

American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852 in this very house. It was also this house where Stowe sheltered John Andrew Jackson, a freedom seeker who escaped from South Carolina. Visit and see Stowe’s writing desk where she wrote the pivotal novel. The house is a National Historic Landmark and a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site. Open June–October.

© Frances Perkins Center

The Frances Perkins National Monument, Newcastle

Newly designated in 2024, this monument honors the woman who shaped American labor laws, including the establishment of Social Security and the abolition of child labor. The monument sites on 57 acres adjacent to Damariscotta River, open year-round from dawn to dusk.

The Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan

This library was built around the former home of Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. Schedule an appointment and tour the archive, museum, educational facility and public policy center, featuring documents, awards, photographs and memorabilia.

© Courtesy of the Margaret Chase Smith Library

The Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick

This is the home and birthplace of one of Maine’s most influential 19^th-century authors, Sarah Orne Jewett. Jewett wrote her first novel, Deephaven, at this house, also a haven for the writer in between her time spent in Boston. Now a National Historic Landmark, the home reflects Jewett’s artistic and literal freedom. Plan your visit May–October.