Title: Women travelers : a century of trailblazing adventures, 1850-1950 /
Authors: Mouchard, Christel.; Lapierre, Alexandra.
Publisher: Flammarion,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Women travelers Biography; Women adventurers Biography.; Voyages and travels History.
Abstract: "An award-winning novelist brings to life the stories of the greatest women adventurers in history. Crossing five continents, these indomitable women faced unimaginable dangers, from deserts and jungles to mountains and icebergs, often armed with little in the way of specialist equipment other than an umbrella and a "good, thick skirt." Spanning a century, this book mixes triumph and tragedy as it follows these heroines' extraordinary adventures." "Archival photographs and extracts from diaries, journals, letters, and other writings thrillingly bring to life the unquenchable spirit of adventure of these courageous women."--book jacket.
Contents: Out of the ordinary, before 1850: Catalina de Erauso, Spanish. Aphra Behn, English. Isbel Godin des Odonais, French -Peruvian -- Trekking in Crinalines, 1850-90: How they survived. The blessiongs of a good thick skirt: Ida Pfeiffer, Austrian. Alexine Tinne, Dutch. Mary Seacole, Jamaican. Florence Baker, Hungarian. Isabella Bird, Scottish. Mary French-Sheldon, American. Marianne North, English. Jane Dieulafoy, French. Fanny Stevenson, American. Mary Kinsley, English. Fanny Bullock Workman, American -- Between two worlds, 1890-18: Why they wrote. With the tip of a parasol. Gertrude Bell, English. Margaret Fountaine, English. Daisy Bates, Irish. Nellie Bly, American. Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss-Russian-French. Charmian Kittredge, American. Alexandra David-Néel, French -- Free and easy: The way they loved. A scent of liberty. Freya Stark, English. Karen Blixen, Danish. Evelyn Cheesman, Englsih. Rosita Forbes, English. Margaret Mead, American. Ella Maillart, Swiss. Osa Johnson, American. Odette du Puigaudeau, French. Anita Conti, French. Emily Hahn, American.