Nantucket has a long history of empowering women. Because the Quaker population here valued equality and education, islanders educated their girls as well as their boys at a time that was not common. Nantucket women were independent, intelligent, curious, creative, and industrious. They were poets, artists, scientists, adventurers, writers, businesswomen, physicians—several of them world-renowned. Nantucket women were in the forefront in the fight for abolition and equal rights. On our island, women could express themselves.
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In this Issue
- Bid to Save Lives
- Behind the Seams Quilt Project & Events
- Curtain Goes Up in New Island Theater
- Fishing with the Coach
- Water, Water, Everywhere, But…
- New Chapter with Ideas, Community, and Conversation
- Sharing Talent and Inspiration
- What’s New On Nantucket
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Limerick Challenge
Articles by Department
- An Island Point of View
- Exploring Nantucket
- Featured Articles
- Featured Entrepreneur
- Featured Restaurants
- Insider Tips
- Island Cooking
- Island Science
- Nantucket Arts
- Nantucket Entertaining
- Nantucket Essays
- Nantucket Events
- Nantucket History & People
- Nantucket Style
- Nantucket Voices
- What's New on Nantucket
Read The Paper Online
In this Issue
- Bid to Save Lives
- Behind the Seams Quilt Project & Events
- Curtain Goes Up in New Island Theater
- Fishing with the Coach
- Water, Water, Everywhere, But…
- New Chapter with Ideas, Community, and Conversation
- Sharing Talent and Inspiration
- What’s New On Nantucket
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Limerick Challenge
Articles by Department
- An Island Point of View
- Exploring Nantucket
- Featured Articles
- Featured Entrepreneur
- Featured Restaurants
- Insider Tips
- Island Cooking
- Island Science
- Nantucket Arts
- Nantucket Entertaining
- Nantucket Essays
- Nantucket Events
- Nantucket History & People
- Nantucket Style
- Nantucket Voices
- What's New on Nantucket