In writing this book I received assistance from many generous people. I thank Beverly Wilgus for the use of her carte de visite of Martha Maxwell, Carole Estby Dagg for use of photos of Clara and Helga Estby, Doug Fesler for use of his photos of his wife Jill Fredston, Heather Jackson for use of the “frog queen” photo of her daughter Kate, Michigan State University for the use of a Pamela Rasmussen photo, Nikhil Devasar for use of his Pamela Rasmussen photo, Peter Zheutlin for Annie Londonderry images, Russell A. Potter for the use of a Hassan Cigarette trading card of Annie Smith Peck, Hannah Scialdone-Kimberley for help with locating photo of Annie Smith Peck, and the Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley, for help with the Ynes Mexia photo.
In addition I owe thanks to David McClay, curator of the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland for information on Isabella Bird, Linda Eade for research assistance for Ynes Mexia, and Lynn MacMichael for suggesting that I include Alexandra David-Néel in my book.
I especially want to thank Constanza Ceruti, Aparajita Datta, Jill Fredston, Kate Jackson, Lorie Karnath, Meg Lowman, Rosaly Lopes, Pamela Rasmussen, Kira Salak, Stephanie Schwabe, and Edie Widder for taking time out of their gloriously full lives to answer questions, chat, and provide photographs.
And as always, many thanks to my wife, Lisa Rhudy.