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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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Nancy Holt
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Cara Leland Rogers
Sue Wong van Wiggeren
Frances Eliot Gifford
Louise E. Strongman
Amelia Jones
Ruth S. Atkinson
Cornelia Grinnell
Maria Alves
Sara Ann Delano
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Eliza Bierstadt
Mary Parker Converse
Theresa Dougall
Elizabeth Leonard
Deborah Weston
Huybertie Hamlin
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Harriet Didriksen
Loretta Bourque
Mabel Knipe
Juan Bennett Drummond
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Anna Elizabeth White
Elizabeth Marble
Amelia Piper
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Weetamoo
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Emma Hall
Rubye Haffer Finger
Phebe Hart Mendall
Ruby Devol Finch
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Rosamond Guinn
Carol Haney
Dineia Sylvia
Archangela Fortes
Jane Jackson
Bertha Cohen
Ellen Kempton
Nora Ouimette Duprey
Awashonks
Mary A. Smith
Belmira Nunes
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Geraldine Gomes
Flora B. Peirce
Mary Hudson Onley
Marie Equi
Pauline Meyer Colyar
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Lillian Ross
Gratia Montgomery
Mary Rotch
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Lydia Grinnell Brown
Mary Santos Barros
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Helen Worthing Webster
Betsey B. Winslow
Alice Howland Macomber
Jane C. Waters
Marial M. Harper
Florence Eastman
Hope Atkinson
Elizabeth Taber
Mary Ann Hathaway Tripp
Theodosia Chase
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Florence Waite
Sarah D. Ottiwell
Mary B. Montrond
Mary B. H. Ransom
Minna Littmann
Mercy Etta Baker
Tryne Costa
Laurinda C. Andrade
Eloise Solomon Pina
Emma Louise Piper
Edith Guerrier
Laura Keene
Rosetta Douglass
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Mary Hall Leonard
Elizabeth Terry Delano
Harriet Jacobs
Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks
Charlotte White
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Martha Bailey Briggs
Margaret Xifaras
Eulalia Mendes
Lillian Lorraine Yonally
Cordelia Vien
Sarah Rotch Arnold
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Martha Bush Gray

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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