Lillian Stevens: A voice for temperance and a vote for women

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME | March 6, 2008 | Copyright

Lillian Stevens, born Lillian Marilla (or Marion according to some sources) Nickerson Ames on March 1, 1844, in Dover, was concerned about many of the social issues of her time. Her parents, school teacher Nathaniel Ames and Nancy Fowler (Parsons) Ames, made sure their daughter had the religious and educational foundation to think beyond the traditional roles for women.

Stevens was a graduate of Foxcroft Academy and Westbrook College, then taught at the Spruce Street and Stroudwater Schools in Westbrook. She married Michael Stevens, a wholesaler in Portland, in 1867, according to author Jeff ...

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