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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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Ruth S. Atkinson
Sue Wong van Wiggeren
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Lillian Ross
Amelia Piper
Tryne Costa
Nora Ouimette Duprey
Cara Leland Rogers
Josephine Teixeira
Ora Inge Maxim
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Geraldine Gomes
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Jane C. Waters
Mary Ricketson Bullard
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Sylvia Ann Howland
Mary Hall Leonard
Carrie Lee
Frances Eliot Gifford
Mary Ann Hathaway Tripp
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Theresa Dougall
Ora M. DeJesus
Louise E. Strongman
Mary Schwartz
Rosetta Douglass
Cecil Clark Davis
Gratia Montgomery
Martha Bush Gray
Mary Santos Barros
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Sara Ann Delano
Anna Murray Douglass
Elizabeth Marble
Marian Shaw Smith
Phebe Hart Mendall
Huybertie Hamlin
Florence Waite
Lydia Grinnell Brown
Belmira Nunes
Juan Bennett Drummond
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Ida M. Eliot
Margaret Xifaras
Loretta Bourque
Kathleen Comiskey Roberts
Bertha Cohen
Laurinda C. Andrade
Martha Bailey Briggs
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Alice Howland Macomber
Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence
Rachel Howland
Eulalia Mendes
Sarah R. Delano
Harriet Didriksen
Elizabeth Taber
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Elizabeth Leonard
Archangela Fortes
Maria Alves
Ellen Kempton
Jennie Horne
Nancy Holt
Florence Eastman
Marie Equi
Annie Holmes Ricketson
Helena de Kay Gilder
Dineia Sylvia
Rosamond Guinn
Marial M. Harper
Rubye Haffer Finger
Edith Guerrier
Hetty Green
Noelie Houle
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Mercy Etta Baker
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard
Lena Britto
Consuelo M. Sousa
Sylvia Finger
Theodosia Chase
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Emma Hall
Charlotte White
Mary Hudson Onley
Awashonks
Rosemary S. Tierney
Carol Haney
Maria (Maja) Capek
Mabel Knipe
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks
Hope Atkinson
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Clementina “Tina” Ponte

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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