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Portland Press Herald (Maine)
02-17-2005
Historical figures portrayed in voting rights debate
Byline: From staff reports
Edition: Final
Section: Your Neighbors-Lakes
Column: Local Dispatches

BRIDGTON --

The issue of voting rights will be discussed at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Bridgton Public Library, and those debating its merits and drawbacks will be Elizabeth Caddy Stanton, Frederick Douglass, George Seldes, Susan B. Anthony and Walt Whitman.

Of course, these historical figures have to be represented by several Bridgton-area residents. But the primary topic of this ...

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