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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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Marie A. Nelson
Anna Elizabeth White
Harriet Didriksen
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Kathleen Comiskey Roberts
Minna Littmann
Mary Parker Converse
Mary B. Montrond
Rosamond Guinn
Awashonks
Mercy Etta Baker
Mary Schwartz
Maria Alves
Theresa Dougall
Hope Atkinson
Harriet Jacobs
Sue Wong van Wiggeren
Cordelia Vien
Hetty Green
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Maria (Maja) Capek
Rachel Howland
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Louise E. Strongman
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Frances Eliot Gifford
Elizabeth Terry Delano
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Amelia Jones
Cara Leland Rogers
Mary Santos Barros
Phebe Hart Mendall
Alice Howland Macomber
Consuelo M. Sousa
Mary T. Vermette
Margaret Ryckebusch
Rubye Haffer Finger
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Sylvia Finger
Martha Bailey Briggs
Laura Keene
Ora Inge Maxim
Ruth S. Atkinson
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Marie Equi
Helena de Kay Gilder
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Rosetta Douglass
Marian Shaw Smith
Ida M. Eliot
Rosemary S. Tierney
Mary Hall Leonard
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Loretta Bourque
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Eliza Bierstadt
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Eloise Solomon Pina
Juan Bennett Drummond
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
Sylvia Ann Howland
Valentina Almeida
Theodosia Chase
Dora Bastarache
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Laurinda C. Andrade
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Nancy Holt
Florence Eastman
Eleanor W. Morton
Martha Bush Gray
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence
Jennie Horne
Alberta Mae Knox
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Annie Holmes Ricketson
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard
Geraldine Gomes
Margaret Xifaras
Eulalia Mendes
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Marial M. Harper
Jane Jackson
Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks
Lena Britto
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Mary B. H. Ransom
Carol Haney
Cecil Clark Davis
Weetamoo
Lillian Lorraine Yonally
Emily Howland Bourne
Elizabeth Taber
Charlotte White
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Florence Waite
Sara Ann Delano
Ruby Devol Finch

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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