Download or read book Women Explorers written by Julia Cummins and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces inspiring women whose passions for exploration made them push the boundaries, including Nellie Cashman, Annie Smith Peck, and Delia Julia Denning Akeley.
Download or read book A World of Her Own written by Michael Elsohn Ross and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World of Her Own profiles 24 fascinating women from as the 1800s through today who have lived lives of exploration and adventure. These daring women represent various eras, cultures, races, and economic backgrounds but all overcome many obstacles to satisfy their curiosity, passions, and, often, drive to protect nature and cultures. Readers will meet women who face deadly weather conditions and endure leeches, days on end without showers, and questionable cuisine in the pursuit of discovery—women such as Eleanor Creesy, who lived a life at sea as a ship’s navigator in the 1800s; Kate Jackson, an insatiable investigator of venomous snakes whose work has led her to remote Africa and Latin America; and Constanza Ceruti, the world’s only female high-elevation archeologist, who carries out important excavations on some of the Earth’s highest peaks in dangerously thin air and subzero temperatures. These and 21 other remarkable women are introduced through profiles informed by not only historical research but also original interviews with many intriguing modern explorers who provide inspiration to any young woman today interested in nature, animals, science, adventure, the environment, and physical challenge. Michael Elsohn Ross is a naturalist, science educator, and award-winning author of over 40 books for children, including Salvador Dali and the Surrealists, Sandbox Scientist, and Snug As a Bug. He lives and works in Yosemite National Park.
Download or read book The Girl Explorers written by Jayne Zanglein and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never tell a woman where she doesn't belong. In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, president of the men-only Explorers Club, boldly stated to hundreds of female students at Barnard College that "women are not adapted to exploration," and that women and exploration do not mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either... The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the founding of the Society of Women Geographers—an organization of adventurous female world explorers—and how key members served as early advocates for human rights and paved the way for today's women scientists by scaling mountains, exploring the high seas, flying across the Atlantic, and recording the world through film, sculpture, and literature. Follow in the footsteps of these rebellious women as they travel the globe in search of new species, widen the understanding of hidden cultures, and break records in spades. For these women dared to go where no woman—or man—had gone before, achieving the unthinkable and breaking through barriers to allow future generations to carry on their important and inspiring work. The Girl Explorers is an inspiring examination of forgotten women from history, perfect for fans of bestselling narrative history books like The Radium Girls, The Woman Who Smashed Codes, and Rise of the Rocket Girls.
Download or read book Women Explorers in Asia written by Margo McLoone and published by Capstone. This book was released on 1997 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly describes the lives and travels of five women who explored such places as Tibet, Iran, and the steppes of Russia.
Download or read book Women Who Led the Way written by Mick Manning and published by . This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Aud the Deep-Minded, an early voyager to Iceland, and Sacagawea who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition across the USA, to Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space and Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest, this book shows the incredible courage, determination and power of women explorers over the last 1200 years. Also features Sylvia Earle, US marine biologist and oceanographer, Barbara Hillary, the first African-American woman to reach the North and South Poles, pioneering photo-journalist Lee Miller, Bessie Coleman, the first woman of Native American and African-American descent to hold a pilot's licence, Annie Londonderry, a Latvian immigrant to the US who was the first woman to cycle round the world, Nellie Bly, the first female US undercover journalist and a record-breaking round-theworld traveller, Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery in Maryland and went on to become an army scout and activist. These women have led the way exploring lands, oceans, mountains, skies and space, but have also made pioneering discoveries in the fields of science, nature, archaeology, ecology and more. The lives of these women, told as personal stories, are an inspiration to us all.
Download or read book West with the Night written by Beryl Markham and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1983 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography detailing the author's life in Africa and career as a pilot.
Download or read book Women of Discovery written by Milbry Polk and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on 10 years of research, this text provides a visual history which presents the names and stories of over 80 women explorers. It reveals the obstacles they overcame in their inspiring quest for new knowledge.
Download or read book Extraordinary Women Explorers written by Frances Rooney and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thirst for adventure, a deep desire to push themselves beyond their comfort zones, and an innate curiosity about the world and its peoples drive the biographies of the ten women explorers profiled here. As explorers they bring skills in cartography, geography, history, anthropology, botany, photography, linguistics and writing to their travels. Their stories begin with Sacagawea, a Native guide in the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805, and end in the present, with Mattie McNair and Denise Martin, the Canadian leaders of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. These are stories of women who dared to push beyond the safety of their own communities in order to live their dreams.
Download or read book Great Voyages written by Deborah Patterson and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the world through the eyes of the greatest explorers in history. Find out how the world was first circumnavigated by a slave and how travelers overcame the challenge of not having enough to eat and drink while traveling through unknown territory. Experience the excitement of seeing a new land for the first time, tasting new fruits and discovering new animals. This book focuses on 15 key voyages from around the world: the journeys undertaken by Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Zheng He, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Martin Frobisher, Francis Drake, Maria Sibylla Merian, Captain Cook, Lewis & Clark, Charles Darwin, David Livingstone, Gertrude Bell, Ernest Shackleton, and astronauts who took part in the Moon landings.
Download or read book Women Explorers written by Helen Rolfe and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Canadian women who felt the pull of the mountains and climbed some of the highest peaks wearing woollen knickers and hobnail boots.
Download or read book Women Explorers of the World written by Margo McLoone and published by Capstone. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents brief biographies of five women who risked their lives to travel around the world for adventure and to achieve career goals.
Download or read book No Boundaries written by Gabby Salazar and published by National Geographic Kids. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn about what kinds of jobs these fearless female scientists and explorers do, and how you can follow in their footsteps"--
Download or read book Women Explorers in North and South America written by Margo McLoone and published by Capstone. This book was released on 1997 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five women who were explorers in North and South America.
Download or read book On Top of the World written by Luree Miller and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1984-10-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * An astonishing tale of perseverance * Wonderful insight into 19th century Tibet * A moving tale of adventure and discovery In the late 1800's, when women were bound by both cumbersome clothing and strict Victorian morals, a small band of astonishing women explorers burst forth to claim the adventurous life. What drew the five profiled in this book -- three British, one American, one French -- was Tibet, then the ultimate in exploration. Nina Mazuchelli organized a small expedition, urging the party on when they were lost on a glacier. Annie Taylor, a reckless, romantic missionary in China, knew her life was in danger the moment she crossed into Tibet. Esabella Bird Bishop, sickly while at home, was always robust on her adventures; she was nearly 60 when she went to Tibet. Fanny Bullock Workman plowed her way up Himalaya and Karakoram mountains, saying any woman could do so. Alexandra David-Neel, at 56, trekked for eight months through tropical lowlands and snow-covered passes with only a backpack and a begging bowl. Even by today's standards these women's accomplishments are remarkable.
Download or read book Women Explorers in Africa written by Margo McLoone and published by Capstone. This book was released on 1997 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five women who were explorers in Africa.
Download or read book Women in the Antarctic written by Esther D. Rothblum and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Women in the Antarctic, you'll discover how the world's social and scientific communities know much more about the Antarctic because of the female navy personnel, reporters, pilots, and expedition leaders who have challenged - and tamed - its icy, snowswept domain.
Download or read book Women Explorers JR written by Helen Rolfe and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian women have been conquering mountains for more than 100 years. The early pioneers set the standard for the women who followed. This group of extraordinary women include the founder of the Alpine Club of Canada and the first North American woman to summit Everest. These women were all strong and determined, and shared a love of adventure.
