Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
II. Hannah Thomas at Gurnet Point Light Station, Massachusetts, 1776-1786
Sibebar 1. New Lamps to Light the Atlantic Coast
III. Catherine Moore at Black Rock Harbor Light Station, Connecticut, 1817-1878
Sidebar 2. Keepers in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
IV. Rebecca Flaherty at Sand Key Light Station, Florida, 1830-1837
V. Barbara Mabrity, 1832-1862, and Mary Eliza Bethel, 1908-1913, at Key West Light Station, Florida
Sidebar 3. Other Female Lighthouse Keepers in the Early Nineteenth Century
VI. Margaret Stuart at Bombay Hook Light Station, Delaware, 1850-1862
Sidebar 4. A Dangerous Occupation
VII. Abbie Burgess Grant at Matinicus Rock Light Station, 1853-1872, and at Whitehead Light Station, Maine, 1875-1892
Sidebar 5. Adoption of the Fresnel Lens
Sidebar 6. Creation of the U.S. Light-House Board
VIII. Mary Reynolds, 1854-1866, Maria Younghans, 1867-1918, and Miranda Younghans, 1918-1929, at Biloxi Light Station,
Mississippi
Sidebar 7. Lights on the West Coast
IX. Charlotte Layton, 1856-1860, and Emily Fish, 1893- 1914, at Point Pinos Light Station, California; Juliet Nichols at
Angel Island Light Station, California, 1902-1914
X. Catherine A. Murdock at Rondout Creek Light Station, New York, 1857-1907
XI. Ida Lewis at Lime Rock Light Station, Rhode Island, 1857-1911
Sidebar 8. Keepers’ Logs
XII. Harriet Colfax at Michigan City Light Station, Indiana, 1861-1904
XIII. Mary Ryan at Calumet Harbor Entrance Light Station, Indiana, 1873-1880
XIV. Julia Williams, 1865-1905, and Caroline Morse, 1905-1911, at Santa Barbara Light Station, California
XV. Mary Terry at Sand Point Light Station, Michigan, 1868-1886
Sidebar 9. A Family Affair
XVI. Nancy Rose, 1871-1904, and Melinda Rose, 1904-1905, at Stony Point Light Station, New York
XVII. Elizabeth Williams at Beaver Island Harbor Point Light Station, Michigan, 1872-1884, and Little Traverse Light Station,
Michigan, 1884-1913
Sidebar 10. Annie Bell Hobbs at Boon Island Light Station, Maine, 1876
XVIII. Mary Smith at Ediz Hook Light Station, Washington, 1870-1874, and Point Fermin Light Station, 1874-1882; Thelma
Austin at Point Fermin Light Station, California, 1925-1941
XIX. Kate McDougal at Mare Island Light Station, California, 1881-1916
XX. Laura Hecox at Santa Cruz Light Station, California, 1883-1917
XXI. Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Light Station, New York, 1894-1919
XXII. Ellen Wilson at Port Pontchartrain Light Station, Louisiana, 1882-1896; Margaret Norvell at Head of Passes Light
Station, 1891-1896, Port Pontchartrain Light Station, 1896-1924, and New Canal Light Station, Louisiana, 1924-1932
Sidebar 11. Other Nineteenth-Century Women Keepers
XXIII. Emma Tabberrah at Cumberland Head Light Station, New York, 1904-1919
XXIV. Fannie Salter at Turkey Point Light Station, Maryland, 1925-1947
XXV. The U.S. Coast Guard Runs the Lighthouse Service
Epilogue
Appendix: Women Who Kept the Lights, 1776-1947
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
