Lecture: Women Who Kept the Lights, 1776-2023
Thu, Apr 16
|Southold Historical Museum Maple Lane Ca
Special presentation by Sally Snowman and Jeremy D'Entremont.
Time & Location
Apr 16, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Southold Historical Museum Maple Lane Ca, 55200 Main Rd, Southold, NY 11971, USA
Guests
About the event
Sally Snowman, the last official lighthouse keeper in the United States, and Jeremy D'Entremont, historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Society, will team up for an illustrated presentation via Zoom on Thursday, April 16, at 1:00 PM.
Watch together at Southold Historical Museum’s Maple Lane Campus (55200 Main Road, Southold). You will be able to interact for questions. If you prefer, you can also view the presentation via Zoom by logging in at the link.
Women lighthouse keepers in the northeastern U.S. will be spotlighted, starting with Hannah Thomas in Plymouth, Massachusetts -- the first woman keeper on the continent-- and continuing with Kate Walker at Robbins Reef in New York Harbor, Kate Moore at Fayerweather Island in Bridgeport, CT, and Ida Lewis at Lime Rock in Newport, Rhode Island.
Sally Snowman will discuss her 20 years as the keeper of America's oldest light station, Boston Light. Sally's retirement marked the…