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Historical person
late 19th–20th century
Mary Edwards Gerritse was an Oregon coast mail carrier whose work and family life inspired the Women of Cannon Beach series.
This person is linked because Jane Kirkpatrick portrays the historical figure under their own identity. Dialogue, private motives and undocumented incidents are imaginative reconstruction and should not be read as a complete biography.
Series
The Women of Cannon Beach series is based on Mary Edwards Gerritse, who carried mail along the dangerous Oregon coast and challenged expectations about women’s work and domestic fulfilment. Beginning in the 1890s and continuing into the early twentieth century, the novels follow Mary, her family and neighbouring…
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