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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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Sue Wong van Wiggeren
Marial M. Harper
Kathleen Comiskey Roberts
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Sara Ann Delano
Archangela Fortes
Cecil Clark Davis
Edith Guerrier
Charlotte White
Louise E. Strongman
Mary Rotch
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Minna Littmann
Loretta Bourque
Florence Eastman
Juan Bennett Drummond
Maria (Maja) Capek
Emma Hall
Consuelo M. Sousa
Ruby Devol Finch
Emily Howland Bourne
Amelia Jones
Ellen Kempton
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Laurinda C. Andrade
Valentina Almeida
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Annie Holmes Ricketson
Caroline Leonard Goodenough
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Margaret Xifaras
Bertha Cohen
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Frances Eliot Gifford
Theodosia Chase
Rita Lopes
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Flora B. Peirce
Alice Howland Macomber
Eleanor W. Morton
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Hope Atkinson
Helena de Kay Gilder
Cara Leland Rogers
Amelia Piper
Sarah R. Delano
Mary T. Vermette
Phebe Hart Mendall
Mary A. Smith
Ruth S. Atkinson
Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence
Laura Keene
Mary Schwartz
Elizabeth Taber
Gratia Montgomery
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Mercy Etta Baker
Anna Elizabeth White
Mary Hall Leonard
Nancy Holt
Ida M. Eliot
Mary B. Montrond
Ora Inge Maxim
Mary Hudson Onley
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Noelie Houle
Eloise Solomon Pina
Mary Ann Flanagan Hayden
Tryne Costa
Lillian Lorraine Yonally
Rachel Howland
Sylvia Ann Howland
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Mary Parker Converse
Helen Worthing Webster
Theresa Dougall
Eliza Bierstadt
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Harriet Didriksen
Cordelia Vien
Jane Jackson
Awashonks
Mary Santos Barros
Maria Alves
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Rubye Haffer Finger
Jennie Horne
Mabel Knipe
Mary Ann Hathaway Tripp
Mary B. H. Ransom
Carol Haney
Huybertie Hamlin
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Deborah Weston
Cornelia Grinnell
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Dineia Sylvia

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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