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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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Maria Alves
Helena de Kay Gilder
Elizabeth Taber
Eliza Bierstadt
Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence
Laurinda C. Andrade
Ruth S. Atkinson
Alberta Mae Knox
Archangela Fortes
Charlotte White
Minna Littmann
Rosemary S. Tierney
Phebe Hart Mendall
Mary Santos Barros
Rachel Howland
Mary Hall Leonard
Amelia Jones
Mary Rotch
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Bertha Cohen
Mercy Etta Baker
Harriet Didriksen
Laura Keene
Deborah Weston
Mary B. Montrond
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Margaret Xifaras
Huybertie Hamlin
Marie Equi
Jane Jackson
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Sara Ann Delano
Caroline Leonard Goodenough
Martha Bailey Briggs
Jennie Horne
Anna Elizabeth White
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Frances Eliot Gifford
Emma Louise Piper
Gratia Montgomery
Rosetta Douglass
Emily Howland Bourne
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Martha Bush Gray
Maria (Maja) Capek
Harriet Jacobs
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
Cara Leland Rogers
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Mabel Knipe
Tryne Costa
Cecil Clark Davis
Eulalia Mendes
Belmira Nunes
Rubye Haffer Finger
Valentina Almeida
Lillian Lorraine Yonally
Pauline Meyer Colyar
Carrie Lee
Dineia Sylvia
Marian Shaw Smith
Flora B. Peirce
Mary T. Vermette
Lena Britto
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Juan Bennett Drummond
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Noelie Houle
Ora M. DeJesus
Helen Worthing Webster
Florence Waite
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Josephine Teixeira
Ora Inge Maxim
Nora Ouimette Duprey
Mary Ricketson Bullard
Cornelia Grinnell
Anna Murray Douglass
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Geraldine Gomes
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Louise E. Strongman
Theodosia Chase
Kathleen Comiskey Roberts
Elizabeth Marble
Marial M. Harper
Rosamond Guinn
Ruby Devol Finch
Emma Hall
Dora Bastarache
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Elizabeth Terry Delano
Margaret Ryckebusch
Nancy Holt
Ellen Kempton
Mary Schwartz

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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