![]() ![]() ![]() Lighthouse Service,” will bring the trials and triumphs of these and other female keepers to life, helping them to the notoriety they so richly deserve. Presenter Patricia Majher, author of “Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. In between were Eliza Truckey who safely guided ships into Marquette harbor to retrieve raw materials for the Civil War effort Elizabeth Whitney Williams, keeper at the Beaver Island and Harbor Springs lights, who held the women’s record for Michigan service at 41 years and Jane Enos who was permitted to manage a male assistant keeper during her time at the St. The last, Frances Johnson, retired in 1954. The first, Catherine Shook, rose to prominence at Pointe Aux Barques light in 1848. More than 50 Michigan women defied the social pressures of their time to succeed in a rough-and-tumble field historically reserved for men: lighthouse keeping. Museum Exhibits Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. ![]()
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