From Deep Sea Diver To Ship’s Captain, Lighthouse Keeper And Rescuer, Women Fill Virtually Every Job Of The Great Lakes Maritime Trade–both Past And Present. This Book Relates Many Untold Stories Of These Remarkable Women And Their Impact On The Great Lakes And Sailors Lives — Back Cover. Foreword — Into The Deep — Margaret Campbell Goodman — Francis Baker, Girl Diver — Courage In The Face Of Danger — Maebelle Mason — Gull Island Tragedy — Morgan Of The Life Savers — Falling Tower — Abigail Becker Of Long Point — Heroines Of The Cox — Fire On The Ocean Wave — Sadie Black Of The Hanna — The Captain Was A She — Captain In Petticoats — Captain Buckley And The Fanny Campbell — Grace Waite — Sarah Clow — I’m Not Moving — Skirts In The Tower — First Keeper — Elizabeth Williams Of Beaver Island — Harriet Colfax And Her Lighthouse — Other Keepers — On Ship And Shore — Skirts In The Galley — The Wrecked Sloan — Louise Chartier — Travelers And Others — Fire On The Wisconsin — Death On The Sevona — Epilogue. Frederick Stonehouse. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 181-185).

Publish Date : 2001-04-15