Comments on: Turkey Point Lighthouse Thanksgiving http://lighthousestars.com/2007/11/turkey-point-lighthouse-thanksgiving.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Debbie Dolphin http://lighthousestars.com/2007/11/turkey-point-lighthouse-thanksgiving.html#comment-138 Debbie Dolphin Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:51:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=116#comment-138 Thank you, Linda and All Seeing Eye ~ sometimes, Debbie Dolphin is a Poet and doesn't know it!<br/><br/>Hopefully, our nation was thankful for the sacrifices of these ladies! <br/><br/>Fannie May and the other Lighthouse Ladies were remarkable women tending a Lighthouse and their families well before women's rights became ongoing national issue since the 20th century!<br/><br/>Fannie May assisted her husband keeping the Light Bright for 23 years at different Lighthouses including the 3 years from 1922 to 1925 at Turkey Point Lighthouse. In 1925, Fannie May was 42 years old when the Civil Service told her she could not succeed her husband because of her age.<br/><br/>Fannie May appealed the decision with her Senator who informed the President. As a result, President Calvin Coolidge overruled the Civil Service and appointed Fannie May as the Lighthouse Keeper of Turkey Point Light! She retired at 64 when the Lighthouse was automated and moved to another house which was within her Sight of her Light! Thank you, Linda and All Seeing Eye ~
sometimes, Debbie Dolphin is a Poet and doesn’t know it!

Hopefully, our nation was thankful for the sacrifices of these ladies!

Fannie May and the other Lighthouse Ladies were remarkable women tending a Lighthouse and their families well before women’s rights became ongoing national issue since the 20th century!

Fannie May assisted her husband keeping the Light Bright for 23 years at different Lighthouses including the 3 years from 1922 to 1925 at Turkey Point Lighthouse. In 1925, Fannie May was 42 years old when the Civil Service told her she could not succeed her husband because of her age.

Fannie May appealed the decision with her Senator who informed the President. As a result, President Calvin Coolidge overruled the Civil Service and appointed Fannie May as the Lighthouse Keeper of Turkey Point Light! She retired at 64 when the Lighthouse was automated and moved to another house which was within her Sight of her Light!

]]> By: Linda http://lighthousestars.com/2007/11/turkey-point-lighthouse-thanksgiving.html#comment-137 Linda Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:49:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=116#comment-137 Love the poem and a big cheer for those ladies who kept the lighthouse lamp lit for all those years!! Love the poem and a big cheer for those ladies who kept the lighthouse lamp lit for all those years!!

]]> By: The All Seeing Eye http://lighthousestars.com/2007/11/turkey-point-lighthouse-thanksgiving.html#comment-136 The All Seeing Eye Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:01:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=116#comment-136 Love the poem, Debbie Dolphin. Love the poem, Debbie Dolphin.

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