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. https://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