Come hear the remarkable story of Harriet Newell Haskell, a trailblazer in women's education who grew up just across the street from the Custom House. The daughter of a local shipbuilder, Haskell served as principal of Waldoboro High School before becoming the longtime head of Monticello Seminary, a pioneering junior college in Illinois—with her lifelong partner, Emily Gilmore Alden, by her side. Together, we’ll explore the foundational role of women’s same-sex love in the achievements of girls and working-class people, and in broader social and educational reform.
