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Index
Cover
Inside Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: Women with Wanderlust
Lorie Karnath: A President of Explorers
Part I: Called by Mountains
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
Part II: Seeking Nature
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
Part IV: Long Treks
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
Acknowledgments
Resources
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
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