Women of Discovery
Subtitle: A Celebration of Intrepid Women Who Explored the World
Publisher: Scriptum Editions
Published: October 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781902686172
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; History of science; Women's studies; World history; Sociology - General; Social Science; Sociology
First sentence: THROUGHOUT HISTORY, women yearned to travel and explore the world even though they were almost everywhere forbidden to wander far from their homes.