Author Hannah Bunn West will share the story of how some of the Outer Banks’ greatest accomplishments are due to daring women who pushed the odds. Eleanor Dare created a new life amid doomed colonial expedition, Chrissy Bowser found her freedom as the American Civil War rocked Roanoke Island, and Irene Tate watched the Wright Brothers assemble their glider in her front yard and then went on to become a record-setting pilot herself.
The women in this book fought for their homes. They stepped outside the traditional roles of their day and age, seeking to preserve the area’s history and heritage. They saved sand dunes and moved lighthouses.
Hannah Bunn West book, Remarkable Women of the Outer Banks, can be purchased in our Museum Gift Shop.
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