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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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Gratia Montgomery
Theodosia Chase
Eulalia Mendes
Dineia Sylvia
Jennie Horne
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Rachel Howland
Mary Ann Flanagan Hayden
Mary B. Montrond
Emma Louise Piper
Frances Eliot Gifford
Lena Britto
Sarah R. Delano
Laurinda C. Andrade
Lillian Lorraine Yonally
Rosamond Guinn
Mary Schwartz
Jane C. Waters
Archangela Fortes
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard
Sylvia Finger
Loretta Bourque
Marian Shaw Smith
Cornelia Grinnell
Amelia Jones
Minna Littmann
Elizabeth Terry Delano
Maria (Maja) Capek
Annie Holmes Ricketson
Anna Elizabeth White
Awashonks
Ruby Devol Finch
Cecil Clark Davis
Elizabeth Marble
Dora Bastarache
Carrie Lee
Harriet Didriksen
Sarah D. Ottiwell
Mary Parker Converse
Helena de Kay Gilder
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Nancy Holt
Marie Equi
Rita Lopes
Florence Eastman
Huybertie Hamlin
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence
Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Tryne Costa
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Mary Rotch
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Caroline Leonard Goodenough
Florence Waite
Edith Guerrier
Mary T. Vermette
Rubye Haffer Finger
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Emma Hall
Harriet Jacobs
Eliza Bierstadt
Sylvia Ann Howland
Rosetta Douglass
Helen Worthing Webster
Juan Bennett Drummond
Lillian Ross
Belmira Nunes
Pauline Meyer Colyar
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Josephine Teixeira
Hetty Green
Elizabeth Taber
Mercy Etta Baker
Ruth S. Atkinson
Alice Howland Macomber
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Betsey B. Winslow
Mabel Knipe
Cara Leland Rogers
Theresa Dougall
Margaret Ryckebusch
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Margaret Xifaras
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Ora Inge Maxim
Cordelia Vien
Phebe Hart Mendall
Maria Alves
Ora M. DeJesus
Lydia Grinnell Brown
Rosemary S. Tierney
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Eloise Solomon Pina

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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