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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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Lydia Grinnell Brown
Valentina Almeida
Pauline Meyer Colyar
Rubye Haffer Finger
Ruth S. Atkinson
Marie Equi
Helen Worthing Webster
Amelia Piper
Minna Littmann
Rosemary S. Tierney
Margaret Xifaras
Sara Ann Delano
Marial M. Harper
Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Mary Stanley
Frances Eliot Gifford
Cara Leland Rogers
Florence Waite
Mary B. Montrond
Carrie Lee
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
Harriet Didriksen
Amelia Jones
Mabel Knipe
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Elizabeth Marble
Mary T. Vermette
Cordelia Vien
Sarah Rotch Arnold
Eleanor W. Morton
Mary B. H. Ransom
Juan Bennett Drummond
Maria Alves
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Ruby Devol Finch
Lena Britto
Mary Rotch
Mary Ann Hathaway Tripp
Lillian Ross
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Mary Schwartz
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Elizabeth Terry Delano
Sylvia Finger
Sarah D. Ottiwell
Laurinda C. Andrade
Sarah R. Delano
Mary Parker Converse
Eloise Solomon Pina
Edith Guerrier
Nora Ouimette Duprey
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Geraldine Gomes
Tryne Costa
Cornelia Grinnell
Anna Murray Douglass
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Deborah Weston
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Theresa Dougall
Mary Santos Barros
Emma Louise Piper
Annie Holmes Ricketson
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Cecil Clark Davis
Bertha Cohen
Lillian Lorraine Yonally
Theodosia Chase
Mary Ann Flanagan Hayden
Eulalia Mendes
Gratia Montgomery
Elizabeth Taber
Margaret Ryckebusch
Archangela Fortes
Elizabeth Leonard
Rosamond Guinn
Mary Hall Leonard
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Martha Bailey Briggs
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Jennie Horne
Louise E. Strongman
Anna Elizabeth White
Florence Eastman
Emily Howland Bourne
Mary Hudson Onley
Helena de Kay Gilder
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Harriet Jacobs
Dineia Sylvia
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Maria (Maja) Capek
Dora Bastarache
Mary A. Smith
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Phebe Hart Mendall

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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