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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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Emma Louise Piper
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Noelie Houle
Harriet Didriksen
Emily Howland Bourne
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Lena Britto
Eulalia Mendes
Jennie Horne
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Edith Guerrier
Annie Holmes Ricketson
Mary Rotch
Ruth S. Atkinson
Sarah Rotch Arnold
Cornelia Grinnell
Loretta Bourque
Elizabeth Taber
Mary B. H. Ransom
Sylvia Finger
Frances Eliot Gifford
Tryne Costa
Louise E. Strongman
Cara Leland Rogers
Carrie Lee
Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks
Mary Ricketson Bullard
Eloise Solomon Pina
Helen Worthing Webster
Phebe Hart Mendall
Josephine Teixeira
Theodosia Chase
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Belmira Nunes
Ida M. Eliot
Minna Littmann
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
Anna Murray Douglass
Weetamoo
Carol Haney
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard
Lydia Grinnell Brown
Kathleen Comiskey Roberts
Hetty Green
Consuelo M. Sousa
Gratia Montgomery
Marial M. Harper
Lillian Lorraine Yonally
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Rosamond Guinn
Marie A. Nelson
Mary Parker Converse
Alice Howland Macomber
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Laurinda C. Andrade
Marie Equi
Valentina Almeida
Mary Hudson Onley
Elizabeth Terry Delano
Mabel Knipe
Awashonks
Hope Atkinson
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Marian Shaw Smith
Florence Waite
Emma Hall
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Margaret Xifaras
Sara Ann Delano
Laura Keene
Archangela Fortes
Harriet Jacobs
Theresa Dougall
Rosemary S. Tierney
Nancy Holt
Juan Bennett Drummond
Maria Alves
Margaret Ryckebusch
Sue Wong van Wiggeren
Mary Ann Hathaway Tripp
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Alberta Mae Knox
Dora Bastarache
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Ora M. DeJesus
Jane Jackson
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Mercy Etta Baker
Mary Stanley
Florence Eastman
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Mary Santos Barros
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Flora B. Peirce
Eleanor W. Morton
Dineia Sylvia
Mary B. Montrond
Mary Hall Leonard

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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