Show amei american ican heroines by LOUISE al COMSTOCK ida lewis IF ENGLAND enni AND can point with pride arlda to grace darling the famous light tuss girl who in ID 1848 rescued five fron from a sinking vessel on off longstone Longst lighthouse and made possible the saving of two more inore america can boast ot of ida lewis who saved twenty two lives between and ida was born in 1841 1941 at newport lt it 1 I when she was wag fifteen her father capt llorca lewis was appointed keeper at lime rock lighthouse in newport harbor and moed there thera with nith his bis family shortly afterwards the fattier having become a paralytic the stalwart young daughter undertook to take upon herself some of his bis duties doties and thus became an able oars oara woman strong and fearless capable of handling a small boat on high as well as any man in the summer of 1858 1838 when ida was seventeen a small pleasure craft the harbor capsized upsetting four helpless passengers till oil nen men into the water from her lighthouse top ida saw the situation and though the day was a stormy one anti and the waves beat furiously upon the shore she sha launched her bout boat sped across the water and rescued all four when word of her deed was brought to governor van zandt he would not credit it declaring it impossible that a mere girl had undertaken when black waves viere acre rolling high to rescue great strong men and had rescued them after that lifesaving life saving became idas vocation once she went out to the aid of three men who had set out after a sheep that had been carried out to sea and had upset in reaching for it in the water at two different times she rescued rese tied soldiers from nearby fort adams in all she saved twenty two lives ida became the heroine of newport on one occasion the life saving benevolent ne Asso association clation of new york present tier her with SIM on another the soldiers of fort adams gathered together and presented it to her with title due ceremony the general assembly of the state fa 04 rhode island passed a resolution honoring her general orant grant and other dignitaries at one on time participated in a special ceremony of recognition and she received letters and gifts from all over the world in 1869 the citizens of newport presented her with a specialty specially constructed boat called the rescue in 1879 by a special act of congress ida lewis leis was made keeper of the lime rock lighthouse Ight house she held her post for 32 years when in 1911 it became known that the heroic woman then almost seventy lay dying in the lighthouse which was her home artillery practice at fort adams was suspended that her last hours il ours might be spent in peace anne hutchinson errica has her joan of are arc 16 though in her time she was called less flattering natt ering names the new england jenebel Je rebel a notorious imposter a instrument of the de veil raised up by I 1 A the alie history books will tell you that anoe anne hutchinson taught the people of massachusetts gay bay colony religious ideas which their governor john winthrop and other leaders could not condone was therefore banished and moved to the shores of narragansett bay where she star started teI the town of newport these are the bare facts of a rich and thrilling story anne anna nute binson came to america in 1034 when vohen boston was but four years old she was a woman of forty three lears ears wife of a well todo to do but doubtless hen pecked mercer mother of fourteen children she was a preachers daughter and extremely religious within six months of her arrival anne annc was a leader in boston her husband was made judge in the als restrict court ant she herself became the intimate of the towns first people then suddenly annn annii hutchinson lost favor for anne like joan of are arc had her voices the purl puritan t an p held the scriptures to be the only possible medium of divine revelation and w when hen this woman claimed for herself direct revelations from on high she invited a storm of disapproval followed a long and heart brei breiding king trial at which she parried accusations and theological argument with wit and skill pill but she ended her defense with a long lone speech demanding her right to her personal revelations and her cause was lost anne was banished from boston and with nine of her children and her faithful husband who to the last persisted in calling her a dear saint of god retreated to an 14 1 s 4 lard near Provide providence rim R I 1 there her husband died and she set out again settling setting first on long island and later in what Is now westchester county new york here in a dutch settlement which the indians were anun recurrent forays anne aline hutchinson and all her children but one were killed in a massacre which cost sixteen lives in all years later boston gladly accorded this heroic woman honor erecting to t her memory a handsome monument and today anne hutchinson stands before the massachusetts statehouse stat chouse bible in hand child by her side A courageous exponent of civil liberty and religious toleration 0 mi western newspaper Nip pr unto |