Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ladies bearing light. It's a familiar image — whether it's Florence Nightingale and her lamp, the Statue of Liberty and her torch, ...

They worked day and night keeping lighthouses operational, and oftentimes they were pressed into extra duty if their spouses fell ill or died. St. Mary’s County Museum Division Manager Karen Stone ...

The Lansing Poetry Club hosted a one-woman show featuring women lighthouse keepers on the Great Lakes at the University ...

Lighthouse keeper jobs were among the first federal positions – outside clerical work – to open to women, and Michigan had more than any other state, officials said. Today is National Lighthouse Day ...

For generations, women have been operating lighthouses across the country, saving lives and keeping history. John Yang reports from the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the U.S. Pacific ...

Video clip of Sally Snowman at the top of the Boston Light lighthouse Credit: Art by Jessica Mallios / Women and Their Work “I’m just in total awe,” says Sally Snowman. The recently retired keeper of ...

GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL. YEAH, WELL, AFTER TWO DECADES OF CARING FOR BOSTON LIGHT, THE U.S. COAST GUARD’S LAST LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER IS NOW RETIRING. DOCTOR SALLY SNOWMAN MADE ...

It’s a privilege and a responsibility to be surrounded by water, and no one fulfills that duty like lighthouse keepers. In honor of National Lighthouse Day, celebrated on Aug. 7, Michigan lighthouse ...

Today, most U.S. lighthouses are automated, ending the era of female lighthouse keepers and the demanding yet romantic nature of the job. Ida Lewis, a lighthouse keeper in Rhode Island, won national ...