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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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Eloise Solomon Pina
Cordelia Vien
Ellen Kempton
Maria (Maja) Capek
Rosemary S. Tierney
Mary Rotch
Florence Waite
Marie Equi
Lydia Grinnell Brown
Elizabeth Taber
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Frances Eliot Gifford
Carrie Lee
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Huybertie Hamlin
Sylvia Ann Howland
Helen Worthing Webster
Mary Schwartz
Anna Elizabeth White
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Eliza Bierstadt
Minna Littmann
Jane C. Waters
Sue Wong van Wiggeren
Ruth S. Atkinson
Mary Ricketson Bullard
Florence Eastman
Nancy Holt
Rosamond Guinn
Mary T. Vermette
Harriet Jacobs
Maria Alves
Mary Ann Hathaway Tripp
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Ora Inge Maxim
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Archangela Fortes
Emma Hall
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Marian Shaw Smith
Sarah R. Delano
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Carol Haney
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Tryne Costa
Theresa Dougall
Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence
Jane Jackson
Elizabeth Leonard
Ida M. Eliot
Marial M. Harper
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Anna Murray Douglass
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Martha Bailey Briggs
Elizabeth Marble
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Dora Bastarache
Alice Howland Macomber
Margaret Xifaras
Ora M. DeJesus
Theodosia Chase
Deborah Weston
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Helena de Kay Gilder
Charlotte White
Cecil Clark Davis
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Rachel Howland
Consuelo M. Sousa
Eulalia Mendes
Louise E. Strongman
Noelie Houle
Mary Ann Flanagan Hayden
Rita Lopes
Mary Hall Leonard
Belmira Nunes
Harriet Didriksen
Marie A. Nelson
Mary Stanley
Rubye Haffer Finger
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Mary B. Montrond
Laura Keene
Loretta Bourque
Amelia Piper
Sara Ann Delano
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Bertha Cohen
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Emily Howland Bourne
Hope Atkinson
Emma Louise Piper
Rosetta Douglass
Cornelia Grinnell
Cara Leland Rogers
Phebe Hart Mendall
Ruby Devol Finch
Caroline Leonard Goodenough

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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