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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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Anna Elizabeth White
Theodosia Chase
Awashonks
Juan Bennett Drummond
Mary Ann Flanagan Hayden
Maria Alves
Lillian Ross
Alice Howland Macomber
Helena de Kay Gilder
Florence Waite
Marial M. Harper
Caroline Leonard Goodenough
Pauline Meyer Colyar
Rachel Howland
Sarah Rotch Arnold
Mary Schwartz
Rita Lopes
Charlotte White
Rosetta Douglass
Louise E. Strongman
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Ruth S. Atkinson
Frances Eliot Gifford
Sylvia Finger
Dora Bastarache
Elizabeth Terry Delano
Hope Atkinson
Sara Ann Delano
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Marie A. Nelson
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Eulalia Mendes
Martha Bush Gray
Mary Ann Hathaway Tripp
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Elizabeth Taber
Carrie Lee
Amelia Piper
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Noelie Houle
Loretta Bourque
Anna Murray Douglass
Nancy Holt
Rubye Haffer Finger
Consuelo M. Sousa
Carol Haney
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard
Laurinda C. Andrade
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Maria (Maja) Capek
Mary Hall Leonard
Mercy Etta Baker
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Archangela Fortes
Cecil Clark Davis
Eleanor W. Morton
Mary Hudson Onley
Cordelia Vien
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Belmira Nunes
Mary Rotch
Josephine Teixeira
Cara Leland Rogers
Harriet Didriksen
Ellen Kempton
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Mary T. Vermette
Mary Ricketson Bullard
Eliza Bierstadt
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Margaret Xifaras
Marian Shaw Smith
Rosemary S. Tierney
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Aurélia Benoît Lebeau
Theresa Dougall
Gratia Montgomery
Sylvia Ann Howland
Ora Inge Maxim
Cornelia Grinnell
Mary B. H. Ransom
Lydia Grinnell Brown
Dineia Sylvia
Bertha Cohen
Jane C. Waters
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Mabel Knipe
Mary B. Montrond
Emma Louise Piper
Marie Equi
Emily Howland Bourne
Ida M. Eliot
Elizabeth Marble
Alberta Mae Knox
Deborah Weston
Jennie Horne

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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