'down the Plains' : Love and Language Through Three Generations of Franco-American Women

Robbins, Rhea Coêté

Autobiographical magazine piece by a writer from Waterville, Maine. Reflections on her women ancestors and the Waterville neighborhood where they once lived, "down the Plains." Thoughts on the contemporary Franco-American woman experience, with a particular emphasis on the writer's relationship with the French language. Includes personal and other photographs. Featured in Portland Magazine's Maine Ethnicity issue, among articles about Italian, Greek, Polish, Lithuanian, Native American, and other Maine communities.

1990 April

English

Magazine Article

20th century; Waterville, Maine

Portland: Maine's City Magazine