The Unsung Heroes in the Lights: Stories of Female Keepers
From rescuing shipwrecked crews to hauling fuel up a tower’s spiral staircase, these women completed backbreaking labor without flinching. They proved to the world that women were capable of performing any task.
Chapter 7: The Light She Tended
The coast of northern Maine, they had been told, was a rugged edge that adhered to no laws. The shape of the coastline wound and buckled from the northern provinces of Canada to the milder country of New Hampshire, defying the crisp borders of maps. The landscape was ever-changing, with the Atlantic pebbling the rocks and rewriting the coastline over eons, millennia. No defense could freeze the tide.
Why Write a Book About Lighthouses?
I think we’re drawn to lighthouses for something deeper than their beauty. I think they signify something that all of us want to cultivate — not in the past, but in the present and future.
Steadiness and resilience. The ability to stand the test of time.