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Today's Google Doodle honors Ida Lewis, "The Bravest Woman in America"
There are no definitive records of Ida’s rescues and she was too modest to recount them herself, though some were documented in local newspapers and at least one garnered national attention; in February of 1881 she ventured into the bitter winter winds to rescue two soldiers who had fallen through the ice while traveling on foot. This act of bravery caught the attention of President Grant who shortly thereafter awarded her the prestigious Gold Lifesaving Medal. Eleven years after her death, the Rhode Island legislature voted to rename her former home, Lime Rock Lighthouse, as Ida Lewis Lighthouse in her honor.
https://www.google.com/doodles/ida-lewis-175th-birthday
More about Ida: http://heavy.com/news/2017/02/ida-lewis-google-doodle/
