Berube, Georgette oral history interview, 1999

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Identifier: MOH 161

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Berube, Georgette oral history interview

Scope and Contents

Interview includes discussions of: environmental protection; Prestile Stream, Aroostook County; Great Depression in Lewiston, Maine; ethnic tensions; Lillian Caron and other women in local politics; Louis Jalbert; Lewiston mills; Lewiston Public Library; women’s roles increasing in Maine legislature since 1970; nursing homes in Maine; and Ernest Malenfant.

Dates

1999

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Biographical / Historical

Georgette Berube was born in Lewiston, Maine and attended parochial school, graduating from Lewiston High School. She also attended the Auburn, Maine School of Commerce. In 1970 she was the first woman elected to the Maine legislature from Lewiston. She served in the Maine House of Representatives until 1982, at which time she ran for governor and lost in the primary. She served in the Maine Senate from 1984-2000.