Women of the East Bay
Five years ago we opened the Extraordinary Women of the East Bay Exhibition.
Spanning more than three centuries of Rhode Island’s history, the exhibit
recognizes and celebrates women who have made a difference in their communities -
Barrington, Bristol, Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport,
Portsmouth, Tiverton, and Warren.
MEET THE WOMEN
Awashonks
Rose Butler
Brown
Mabel
Cerio
Elizabeth H.
Clark
Theodora DeWolf
Colt
Mary Cowley
Mary Merchant DeWolf
Mary H.
Dickerson
Noreen Stonor
Drexel
Mary Dyer
Marguerite Eddy
Sarah J. Eddy
Emeline Eldredge
Maude Howe Elliot
Lydia Essex
Ann Franklin
Cora Lee Gibbs
Annie Gray
Jean E. Hicks
Mira Hoffman
Julia Ward Howe
Ann Hutchinson
Jane
Eleanor Keyes
Ida Lewis
Sophia Little
Rebecca Lopez
Marjorie Lyon
Genevieve Mathison
Mary Sterns McGaughn
Lucille McKillop
Mary R. Miner
Abby Munro
"Lizzie" Murphy
Florence Murray
Jane Nelle
Sarah Osborne
Elizabeth Pabodie
Julia Pell
Natalie Peterson
Elizabeth Pratt
Duchess Quamino
Harriet A. Rice
Maria Rogers
Mary Rosengarten
"Kitty" Stewart Shadd
Eddy Snell
Dorcas Seabury Soule
Jane Stuart
Mary Clark Sturtevant
Nina Sunderland
Cynthia Taggart
Obour Tanner
Izannah Walker
Weetamoe
"Happy" White
Josephine Wilbor
Sarah Soule Wilbour
Catharine Morris Wright
Josephine Yates
Please visit our database with brief stories of these sixty women
and others from all over Rhode Island.
Project Partners
Barrington Preservation Society
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum, Bristol
Bristol Historical and Preservation Society
First Congregational Church, Bristol
George Hail Free Library, Warren
Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol
Jamestown Historical Society
Linden Place Mansion and Museum, Bristol
Little Compton Historical Society
Middletown Historical SocietyNewport Historical Society
Portsmouth Historical Society
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, Providence
Roger Williams University, Bristol
Salve Regina University, Newport
Tiverton Historical Society
Tiverton Public Library
Warren Preservation Society
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