This week, we’ll meet Ida Lewis, the fearless lighthouse keeper of Newport, Rhode Island, who became a national hero for her daring rescues at sea. 

Episode Sources:

• The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter: The Remarkable True Story of American Heroine Ida Lewis by Lenore Skomal
• Women who kept the lights : an illustrated history of female lighthouse keepers : Clifford, Mary Louise : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• Ida Lewis, The Heroine of Lime Rock | George D. Brewerton - Published 1869 (Ida 27)
• Excerpts Books From With Ida Lewis Chapters or Sections
• Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine
• Ladies Home Journal | July 1890
• The Outing Magazine | January 1910
• The American Magazine | January 1910
• A Half-Forgotten Heroine; Putnam's Magazine | February 1910
• Beacons of History: The Women Lighthouse Keepers of National Marine Sanctuaries
• National Woman Suffrage Association - Wikipedia.
• Media and the Rise of Celebrity Culture