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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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Lydia Grinnell Brown
Lillian Ross
Alice Virginia Bradford Tobey Jones
Sara Ann Delano
Cecil Clark Davis
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
Shirley Bernice Cohen
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood
Frances Eliot Gifford
Archangela Fortes
Rachel Howland
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Annie Holmes Ricketson
Dineia Sylvia
Mary B. Montrond
Marie A. Nelson
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Amelia Piper
Emma Hall
Cornelia Grinnell
Rebecca L. H. Taber
Zoe Alysse Washington Fabio
Gladys Heuberger Sherman Ellis
Maria (Maja) Capek
Mary Ann Hathaway Tripp
Cordelia Vien
Margery V. “Ruby” Dottin
Helen Worthing Webster
Ora M. DeJesus
Geraldine Gomes
Sister Rosellen Gallogly
Cara Leland Rogers
Charlotte White
Lena Britto
Ada Woolley Sullivan
Florence Eastman
Laurinda C. Andrade
Valentina Almeida
Eloise Solomon Pina
Emily Howland Bourne
Theresa Dougall
Laura Keene
Alberta Simmons Brownell
Rosalind Poll Brooker
Belmira Nunes
Phebe Hart Mendall
Mary J. “Polly” Johnson
Sister Aurora Helena Avelar
Mary Hudson Onley
Mercy Etta Baker
Louise E. Strongman
Sarah R. Delano
Jane C. Waters
Juan Bennett Drummond
Mary Santos Barros
Martha Bush Gray
Consuelo M. Sousa
Kathleen Comiskey Roberts
Elizabeth Terry Delano
Rubye Haffer Finger
Emma Louise Piper
Dora Bastarache
Mary Hall Leonard
Jane Jackson
Eliza Bierstadt
Elizabeth Marble
Rosamond Guinn
Rosetta Douglass
Edith Guerrier
Betsey B. Winslow
Mary Ann Flanagan Hayden
Sarah D. Ottiwell
Anna Elizabeth White
Noelie Houle
Deborah Weston
Jennie Horne
Clementina “Tina” Ponte
Harriet Didriksen
Marial M. Harper
Mary Schwartz
Rita Lopes
Ida M. Eliot
Mary T. Vermette
Martha Bailey Briggs
Sylvia Ann Howland
Margaret Ryckebusch
Theodosia Chase
Marian Shaw Smith
Huybertie Hamlin
Carol Haney
Awashonks
Nancy Holt
Hope Atkinson
Elizabeth Taber
Lillian B. Lamoureux
Caroline Leonard Goodenough
Alberta Mae Knox
Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
Rosemary S. Tierney

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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