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Ethel J. R. C. (Ethel Jane Russell Chesebrough) Noyes

Best known for a 1921 book that turned attention toward the women of the Mayflower and Plymouth Colony, this early 20th-century writer explored history through lives that were often left out of the usual story. Her work still appeals to readers interested in colonial America, family history, and women’s place in the past.

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The women of the Mayflower and women of Plymouth colony

The women of the Mayflower and women of Plymouth colony

by Ethel J. R. C. (Ethel Jane Russell Chesebrough) Noyes

About the author

Ethel J. R. C. Noyes, whose full name appears in library and book records as Ethel Jane Russell Chesebrough Noyes, is known for writing The Women of the Mayflower and Women of Plymouth Colony. The book was published in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1921, and later reissued in other editions.

Her writing stands out for focusing on the women connected with the Mayflower story at a time when popular history often centered almost entirely on the men. Contemporary material attached to the book presents it as a welcome contribution to the small body of writing then available about the Pilgrim women, which helps explain why the work has remained of interest to historians, genealogists, and general readers.

Very little biographical information about her seems easy to confirm from widely available sources, so it is safest to remember her chiefly through this surviving work and its effort to bring overlooked historical lives into view.