| Description |
1 online resource (iv, 85 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Color Photographs; List of Historical Images; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter I: Introduction: Leading Lonely Lives; Chapter II: Careful in the Discharge of Her Duties; Chapter III: A Devotion to Duty; Untitled; Chapter IV: Long and Faithful Service; List of Color Photographs; Chapter V: A Tenuous Position; Chapter VI: Conclusion: The Dimming Lights; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio |
| Summary |
This book focuses on the fascinating careers of the women who tended lighthouses on Lake Michigan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores with great acuity how a number of special women gained their lighthouse positions and dealt with unique challenges of their time and place |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed June 10, 2021) |
| Subject |
Women lighthouse keepers -- Michigan, Lake, Region -- Biography
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Women lighthouse keepers -- Michigan, Lake, Region -- History
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Lighthouse keepers -- Michigan, Lake, Region -- Biography
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Lighthouses -- Michigan, Lake, Region
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TRANSPORTATION -- General.
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Lighthouse keepers
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Lighthouses
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Women lighthouse keepers
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Military & Naval Science.
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Law, Politics & Government.
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Navigation.
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| SUBJECT |
Michigan, Lake, Region -- History
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Michigan, Lake, Region -- Biography
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| Subject |
Lake Michigan Region
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773411302 |
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0773411305 |
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