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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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Laura Keene
Dineia Sylvia
Mary Hudson Onley
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Cordelia Vien
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Carrie Lee
Nora Ouimette Duprey
Mary Stanley
Lena Britto
Harriet Didriksen
Ruth S. Atkinson
Betsey B. Winslow
Mary Hall Leonard
Rosemary S. Tierney
Lydia Grinnell Brown
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Carol Haney
Florence Waite
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Sarah R. Delano
Maria (Maja) Capek
Eloise Solomon Pina
Martha Bush Gray
Mary Schwartz
Bertha Cohen
Cecil Clark Davis
Mary Ricketson Bullard
Consuelo M. Sousa
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Eleanor W. Morton
Marie A. Nelson
Sylvia Finger
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Marial M. Harper
Ruby Devol Finch
Margaret Ryckebusch
Helen Worthing Webster
Margaret Xifaras
Sylvia Ann Howland
Ora Inge Maxim
Noelie Houle
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Anna Elizabeth White
Alberta Mae Knox
Geraldine Gomes
Lillian Ross
Frances Eliot Gifford
Cornelia Grinnell
Juan Bennett Drummond
Harriet Jacobs
Martha Bailey Briggs
Jane Jackson
Loretta Bourque
Alice Howland Macomber
Rosamond Guinn
Hope Atkinson
Rita Lopes
Elizabeth Leonard
Mary Rotch
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Phebe Hart Mendall
Theresa Dougall
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Amelia Jones
Rosetta Douglass
Deborah Weston
Belmira Nunes
Mercy Etta Baker
Louise E. Strongman
Theodosia Chase
Minna Littmann
Caroline Leonard Goodenough
Marie Equi
Mary Parker Converse
Kathleen Comiskey Roberts
Valentina Almeida
Mary B. Montrond
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Edith Guerrier
Mabel Knipe
Amelia Piper
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Josephine Teixeira
Jennie Horne
Emily Howland Bourne
Hetty Green
Sarah D. Ottiwell
Marian Shaw Smith
Ora M. DeJesus
Mary Santos Barros
Jane C. Waters
Archangela Fortes
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Elizabeth Marble
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Charlotte White

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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