Posted on April 23, 2024 by Jenny ONeill
WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Anne Higginson Spicer (died 1935) 8 Cape Bial Lane, Westport Point Poet, gardener, furniture maker, wood carver, artist Westport Point became the summer retreat for a number of Chicago-based educators and artists who were active in the late 19th century Arts and Crafts movement (centered at Hull House). Westport’s environment was […]
Continue ReadingPosted on April 23, 2024 by Jenny ONeill
WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Mary Almy Wing Sowle (July 23, 1898-September 12, 1981) A helper and carer 1881 Main Road, Westport Point A remembrance by Glenda Broadbent In order to distinguish Mary A.W. from other Mary Sowles she was affectionately referred to as “Mary Til” or” Mary up the road” referring to her […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Lucia Beecher Kerr Paull (1916-2010) Artist 1853-56 Main Road, Westport Point Lucia Paull graduated from Smith College in 1938 and was a graduate student in Landscape Architecture at the Cambridge School. She lived in many different places while her father was engaged as a Ceramic Engineer. She married Richard Paull in […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Helen G. Kirby Taber 1950 Drift Road Helen was the wife of Andrew A. Taber. They lived at 1838 Drift Road, The Red Farm, and 1950 Drift Road Westport, Point. Helen was born in Dartmouth and lived at the Point […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Almira Davis Gifford Lauterbach (1911-2002) 2037 Main Road, Westport Point ALMIRA REMEMBERS By Betty Slade Last fall, a lady named Almira Davis Gifford stopped Doris Magovern (who lived at 2038 Main Road) in front of our house at 2037 Main Road and told her she “was born in this house […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Suzanne Paull Carter (1921- 2016) A “Martha Stewart” of her day 2043 Main Road, Westport Point A memory by Susanne Carter Peck My mother spent almost every summer of her life in Westport from a very young age. My father’s military commitments kept her from returning to stay for some […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Sarah Pamelia Perry Tripp (1913 – 2001) 1903-1905 Main Road, Westport Point Generous and hard-working A remembrance by Richard Tripp I know Sarah was not great and influential in spectacular ways, but she was almost pioneer-like to me, always gentle, giving, wise, and strong. Sarah Pamelia Perry was born […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Mineola “Minnie” Rose Stevens aka Stephens (1852 – 1933) 1838 Main Road, Westport Point Native American resident of Westport Point Minneola “Minnie” Rose was the daughter of Isaac D. Rose and Harriet A. Wamsley who lived in Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard. She was part of the Aquinnah Native American group on […]
Continue ReadingPosted on April 22, 2024 by Jenny ONeill
WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Dr. Rose Epstein Frisch (1918 – 2015) Scientist who linked body fat to fertility 46 Cape Bial Lane Born in the Bronx, Rose was fascinated from an early age by discoveries of Louis Pasteur and other scientists. She attended Smith College and, following her marriage to Princeton physics graduate David Frisch, […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Jessie Luther (1860 – 1952) Artist, Teacher, Pioneer 15 and 21 Cape Bial Lane, Westport Point Jessie Luther was born in Providence in 1860, the daughter of Joseph Luther and Sarah Godfrey Luther. She became steeped in the Arts and Crafts movement, studying painting at RISD and traveling to Paris. She […]
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