Women lighthouse keepers of Lake Michigan : heroic tales of courage and resourcefulness / Kathy S. Mason ; with a foreword by Mark R. Polelle.
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- Women lighthouse keepers -- Michigan, Lake, Region -- Biography
- Women lighthouse keepers -- Michigan, Lake, Region -- History
- Lighthouse keepers -- Michigan, Lake, Region -- Biography
- Lighthouses -- Michigan, Lake, Region
- Michigan, Lake, Region -- History
- Michigan, Lake, Region -- Biography
- TRANSPORTATION -- General
- Lighthouse keepers
- Lighthouses
- Women lighthouse keepers
- Lake Michigan Region
- Military & Naval Science
- Law, Politics & Government
- Navigation
- 386/.8550925209774 23
- VK1139 .M37 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Color Photographs; List of Historical Images; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter I: Introduction: Leading Lonely Lives; Chapter II: Careful in the Discharge of Her Duties; Chapter III: A Devotion to Duty; Untitled; Chapter IV: Long and Faithful Service; List of Color Photographs; Chapter V: A Tenuous Position; Chapter VI: Conclusion: The Dimming Lights; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio.
This book focuses on the fascinating careers of the women who tended lighthouses on Lake Michigan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores with great acuity how a number of special women gained their lighthouse positions and dealt with unique challenges of their time and place.
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