An award-winning novelist brings to life the stories of the greatest women adventurers in history. From deserts and jungles to mountains and icebergs; they faced unimaginable dangers as they crossed all five continents; often armed with little more than a corset and an umbrella. Spanning a decade; this book mixes triumph and tragedy. The featured women include Fanny Vandegrift; the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson; who ventured all the way from Indiana to Samoa; and Nellie Bly; journalist and social reformer; who went around the world in seventy-two days. The thirty-one women celebrated here hail from fourteen countries and traveled to the farthest reaches of our planet. Twice as brave as their male counterparts; in the face of social convention; these women set off into the unknown. Their bold journeys across the globe had long-lasting effects on the role and status of women in society; and they made important contributions to disciplines as varied as medicine; archeology; and anthropology.
#2241707 in Books Ingramcontent 2016-08-13Format: Large PrintOriginal language:English 11.00 x .75 x 8.50l; #File Name: 1939561418Remembering Dvinsk Daugavpils Latvia Memorial Book of Dvinsk
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