The Gutsy Gals Exhibit at the Coffin School honors the accomplishments of Nantucket’s independent women. The exhibit, which has been on display since May and closes October 9, focuses on the people and the environment that fostered this individual spirit.Historians reference the island's Quaker lifestyle, whaling, and the isolation of the island as main determinants that led to women becoming independent on Nantucket.Jascin Leonardo-Finger, the curator of the exhibit and the Egan Maritime Foundation said, “Quakers believed that souls were sexless. Quaker women were allowed to speak in their meetings and it empowered women. They could not do that in other meetings [or religious gatherings].”As the whaling capital of the world, Nantucket had many men who often ventured to sea seeking fortune on a whaling vessel. Women remained to tend not only the families, but run the family finances and shops. The exhibit focuses on Nantucket’s independent women from the past and present, including Nantucket’s famous residents Maria Mitchell, Madaket Millie, and former Coast Guard Chief Sheila Lucy.
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This woman was a great
This woman was a great thing. She was very smart. I thnik its great that there is a woman in history like this.
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