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Lighting the Way – Historic Women of the South Coast tells the stories of commitment, determination and perseverance of women from a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

“Women’s contributions have often been heard as whispers in history,” said Christina Bascom, the project’s designer. Spurred on by tales of a Petticoat Society, a group of women from throughout the community are bringing these stories to life on the SouthCoast. “We are unearthing remarkable stories of women’s personal callings that required grit, tenacity and enduring commitment to their families, community and country. These stories will inspire, motivate and inform generations to come.”

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Geraldine Gomes
Belmira Nunes
Elizabeth Terry Delano
Nancy Holt
Marial M. Harper
Ruby Devol Finch
Ida M. Eliot
Josephine Teixeira
Sylvia Ann Howland
Laura Keene
Carrie Lee
Laurinda C. Andrade
Rosemary S. Tierney
Eleanor W. Morton
Margaret Xifaras
Mary Ricketson Bullard
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Betsey B. Winslow
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Martha Bush Gray
Eloise Solomon Pina
Rosamond Guinn
Anna Elizabeth White
Louise E. Strongman
Cara Leland Rogers
Deborah Weston
Noelie Houle
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Sue Wong van Wiggeren
Huybertie Hamlin
Mary Schwartz
Juan Bennett Drummond
Sylvia Finger
Weetamoo
Ora Inge Maxim
Margaret Ryckebusch
Jane Jackson
Charlotte White
Ruth S. Atkinson
Florence Eastman
Sarah R. Delano
Nora Ouimette Duprey
Alberta Mae Knox
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Theresa Dougall
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Alice Howland Macomber
Rachel Howland
Mabel Knipe
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
Hope Atkinson
Anna Murray Douglass
Marie A. Nelson
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard
Ellen Kempton
Helen Worthing Webster
Eulalia Mendes
Dora Bastarache
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Rita Lopes
Jennie Horne
Mary B. Montrond
Cecil Clark Davis
Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks
Martha Bailey Briggs
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Kathleen Comiskey Roberts
Mary Ann Flanagan Hayden
Rosetta Douglass
Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence
Helena de Kay Gilder
Emma Louise Piper
Florence Waite
Mary T. Vermette
Cornelia Grinnell
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Mary B. H. Ransom
Valentina Almeida
Mary Ann Hathaway Tripp
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Gratia Montgomery
Cordelia Vien
Mary A. Smith
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Rubye Haffer Finger
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Pauline Meyer Colyar
Bertha Cohen
Minna Littmann
Elizabeth Leonard
Mary Stanley
Harriet Jacobs
Hetty Green
Theodosia Chase
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Lillian Ross
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Caroline Leonard Goodenough

Lighting the Way – Historic Women of the South Coast tells the stories of commitment, determination and perseverance of women from a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

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