Guiding Lights: The extraordinary lives of lighthouse women by Shona Riddell

Guiding Lights: The extraordinary lives of lighthouse women by Shona Riddell

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Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altar flames to modern-day lighthouse keeping. From the world's storm-battered towers, these true stories of women's courage and dedication in minding the lights will both fascinate and inspire. 

These true stories include the brave and dedicated American Women who worked as keepers in the 1800s while raising their children; 21st-century caretakers living alone on Tasmania's wild Maatsuyker Island; the female keeper in charge of a remote lighthouse on Canada's Vancouver Island; and two of the world's most legendary lighthouse women: Ida Lewis and Grace Darling, who risked their lives to save others.