Introduction: Women with Wanderlust
Lorie Karnath: A President of Explorers
Annie Smith Peck: A Woman Above Them All
Rosaly Lopes: Where Passion Leads
Constanza Ceruti: Climbing Sacred Mountains with a Humble Heart
Sophia Danenberg: Reaching the Highest Summit
Marianne North: Picturing Nature
Martha Maxwell: Exploring Wildlife in the Rockies
Ynes Mexia: In Pursuit of Unknown Flora
Margaret Lowman: Life in the Treetops
Pamela Rasmussen: Birding Across Continents
Kate Jackson: In Quest of Scaly, Slimy Creatures
Aparajita Datta: Vanishing Wildlife and Forgotten People
PART III: EXPLORING THE WORLD’S WATERS
Eleanor Creesy: She Sets the Course
Kay Cottee: Alone on the High Seas
Edie Widder: Into the Deep, Dark Sea
Jill Fredston: Rowing Along Cold Coasts
Stephanie Schwabe: Diving into the Dark Frontier
Isabella Bird Bishop: Health, Horses, Adventure
Annie Kopchovsky “Londonderry”: Pedaling Around the World with Chutzpah
Helga Etsby: The Long Walk Across America
Freya Stark: A Fashionable Nomad
Alexandra David-Néel: Seeking the Unknown
Helen Thayer: Facing Fear in the Far North
Kira Salak: Discoveries in Two Worlds
Index