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.