Private Lives

Authors

Charisse Gendron

Source

Portland Monthly

Date

6-2022

Additional Date Information

Summerguide 2022

Pages

115-118

Abstract

A speculative foray into the possible reasons that Ruggles and Olive Morse, original owners of Portland's Victoria Mansion, never had children, delving into Victorian-era attitudes toward infertility, contraception, celibacy, and homosexuality.

Recommended Citation

Gendron, Charisse, "Private Lives" (2022). Maine News Index – Portland Monthly. 2435.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_portmonthly/2435