Women on high
Subtitle: pioneers of mountaineering
By: Rebecca A. Brown ; foreword by Arlene Blum
Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club Books; Distributed by the Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston; Guilford, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781929173136
Subjects: Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Women mountaineers; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: [pt. 1].; title: Sisters in Mont Blanc -- -- 1.; title: Maria Paradis -- -- 2.; title: Henriette d'Angeville -- -- 3.; title: Doing the mountains jolly -- -- [pt. 2]. The; title: golden age -- -- 4.; title: Lucy Walker -- -- 5.; title: Meta Brevoort -- -- 6.; title: Elizabeth Le Blond -- -- 7. An; title: easy day for a lady -- -- [pt. 3]. The; title: lady trampers -- -- 8.; title: Women of the White Mountains -- -- [pt. 4]. The; title: high mountaineers -- -- 9.; title: Annie Smith Peck -- -- 10. The; title: apex of America -- -- 11.; title: Fanny Bullock Workman and Dora Keen --; title: Afterword : the next generation : Miriam O'Brien Underhill.