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Mind the Light, Katie: The History of Thirty-Three Female Lighthouse Keepers
Mind the Light, Katie: The History of Thirty-Three Female Lighthouse Keepers
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Cypress Communications announces the publication of Mind the Light, Katie: The History of Thirty-three Female lighthouse Keepers, a nonfiction book for readers age 12 and up.
Kate was 44 years old when her son Jacob rowed his stepfather, John Walker, ill with pneumonia, to Staten Island for medical treatment. John's last words to his wife were, ""Mind the light, Katie."" John, official keeper of the Robbins Reef Lighthouse, never returned. When he died ten days later, a substitute was sent to permit Kate to arrange for his burial and attend his funeral. She was back on the job before the day ended. Although she was paid only a laborer's wage, Kate faithfully minded the light until she finally received the keeper's appointment in 1894. Her only communication with the mainland was by rowboat or through the periodic calls of the lighthouse tender bringing supplies. Assisted by her son Jacob, Kate kept the Robbins Reef Light until 1919.
The 33 women presented here are those whose lives were recorded in logs, journals, official correspondence, newspaper articles and obituaries, and recollections by their children and grandchildren.
Kate was 44 years old when her son Jacob rowed his stepfather, John Walker, ill with pneumonia, to Staten Island for medical treatment. John's last words to his wife were, ""Mind the light, Katie."" John, official keeper of the Robbins Reef Lighthouse, never returned. When he died ten days later, a substitute was sent to permit Kate to arrange for his burial and attend his funeral. She was back on the job before the day ended. Although she was paid only a laborer's wage, Kate faithfully minded the light until she finally received the keeper's appointment in 1894. Her only communication with the mainland was by rowboat or through the periodic calls of the lighthouse tender bringing supplies. Assisted by her son Jacob, Kate kept the Robbins Reef Light until 1919.
The 33 women presented here are those whose lives were recorded in logs, journals, official correspondence, newspaper articles and obituaries, and recollections by their children and grandchildren.
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