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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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Sarah R. Delano
Eloise Solomon Pina
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard
Cecil Clark Davis
Mary Ricketson Bullard
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Dineia Sylvia
Mary A. Smith
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Minna Littmann
Eulalia Mendes
Kathleen Comiskey Roberts
Mary Hall Leonard
Elizabeth Taber
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Caroline Leonard Goodenough
Annie Holmes Ricketson
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Hope Atkinson
Rubye Haffer Finger
Theodosia Chase
Helena de Kay Gilder
Carol Haney
Flora B. Peirce
Helen Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Parker Converse
Laura Keene
Lydia Grinnell Brown
Phebe Hart Mendall
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Martha Bush Gray
Margaret Ryckebusch
Sue Wong van Wiggeren
Marie A. Nelson
Jane Jackson
Sara Ann Delano
Florence Eastman
Jane C. Waters
Frances Eliot Gifford
Marial M. Harper
Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence
Marian Shaw Smith
Belmira Nunes
Gratia Montgomery
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Awashonks
Helen Worthing Webster
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Mary Schwartz
Emily Howland Bourne
Jennie Horne
Nancy Holt
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Eleanor W. Morton
Rachel Howland
Betsey B. Winslow
Mary B. H. Ransom
Harriet Didriksen
Maria Alves
Harriet Jacobs
Alberta Mae Knox
Ida M. Eliot
Valentina Almeida
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Loretta Bourque
Ora Inge Maxim
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Noelie Houle
Mercy Etta Baker
Maria (Maja) Capek
Florence Waite
Anna Elizabeth White
Tryne Costa
Mary Stanley
Sarah D. Ottiwell
Marie Equi
Bertha Cohen
Rosamond Guinn
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Rosetta Douglass
Dora Bastarache
Weetamoo
Lena Britto
Ora M. DeJesus
Mary Rotch
Cordelia Vien
Louise E. Strongman
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Pauline Meyer Colyar
Ellen Kempton
Martha Bailey Briggs
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Emma Hall
Consuelo M. Sousa
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Josephine Teixeira
Mary B. Montrond
Ruby Devol Finch

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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