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70. IDA LEWIS: The Keeper of Lime Rock


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This week, we’ll meet Ida Lewis, the fearless lighthouse keeper of Newport, Rhode Island, who became a national hero for her daring rescues at sea. 

Episode Sources:

  • The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter: The Remarkable True Story of American Heroine Ida Lewis by Lenore Skomal
  • Women who kept the lights : an illustrated history of female lighthouse keepers : Clifford, Mary Louise : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
  • Ida Lewis, The Heroine of Lime Rock | George D. Brewerton - Published 1869 (Ida 27)
  • Excerpts Books From With Ida Lewis Chapters or Sections
  • Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine
  • Ladies Home Journal | July 1890
  • The Outing Magazine | January 1910
  • The American Magazine | January 1910
  • A Half-Forgotten Heroine; Putnam's Magazine | February 1910
  • Beacons of History: The Women Lighthouse Keepers of National Marine Sanctuaries
  • National Woman Suffrage Association - Wikipedia.
  • Media and the Rise of Celebrity Culture
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