A Walk with Nantucket's Notable Women

At the Nantucket Whaling Museum, we’ve always been intrigued with Nantucket’s long and proud history of empowering women and we love to tell their stories. From the early settlers and their descendants to later arrivals from many diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, Nantucket women have been remarkably industrious and independent. Some led social movements in abolition, suffrage and women’s rights. Others were notable in science, medicine, and education reform.
In this video, our museum guides tell the stories of some of the lesser known but very notable Nantucket women who ran businesses, raised large families, and helped build our diverse island community. Here we visit the places where they lived and worked.
Today, you’ll find that the tradition of extraordinary women continues. Women continue to inspire us in leadership positions as business owners, government officials, nonprofit directors, and in many other community endeavors. Come visit us at the Whaling Museum and our historic properties to hear our continuing stories about the notable women of Nantucket. nha.org/
Hosted by Peggi Godwin and Miranda Dale, Visitor Services, Nantucket Historical Association (NHA)
Filmed and produced by Dan Driscoll, September Productions, for the NHA
Made possible through a grant by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism

[@EllenGale]

Great tour!

[@billy1673]

Ladies, thank you so much for these touring videos!
They have convinced me to relocate to Nantucket to be a year round resident.
Thank you for all you do!

[@barbarawhite5133]

So good!

[@stacy_thecraftycat6611]

Thank you for this wonderful video! I did my family genealogy earlier this year and found my mother's side goes all the way back to Thomas Macy/Sarah Hopcott and Tristram Coffin/Dionis Stevens who were my 11th great grandparents. So Nantucket has become the top item on my bucket list so I can come to the museums there and find out all I can about my ancestors so I will definitely be stopping by the Nantucket Whaling Museum!

[@Manyironsinthefire]

Dr. Lydia Folger Fowler graduated from Central Medical College in Syracuse, NY, in 1850. It was the first deliberately coeducational medical school in the country. Following her graduation, she was invited to teach at the college when it relocated to Rochester, NY.

[@lauriedening5115]

Thank you! I enjoyed learning about these amazing women.

[@pattilhayes]

Absolutely fascinating! Very enjoyable and well done. Thank you💐

[@MarciaMatthews]

Thank you for interesting stories! Makes me want to visit.

[@CSM1017]

What a terrific and informative video. Thank you!

[@barbarawhite5133]

So interesting and engaging. Thank you!

[@PeggyPMC]

❤

[@raeraewells7053]

I’m a direct descendant of Tristram Coffin and Dionis Stephens

[@stacy_thecraftycat6611]

Nice to meet you! I am also a direct descendant of Tristram Coffin and Dionis Stevens. Their granddaughter Deborah Coffin was my 9th great grandmother. I am a Macy/Coffin descendent.

[@raeraewells7053]

I’m a direct descendant of Dionis Stephans and Tristram Coffin