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Women of the Four Winds: The Adventures of Four of America's First Women Explorers
Women of the Four Winds The Adventures of Four of America's First Women Explorers Author:Elizabeth Fagg Olds Annie Smith Peck attempted seven times to climb Peru's highest mountain; Delia Akeley hunted big game in Africa; Marguerite Harrison spied in Russia for America; Louise Arner Boyd led expeditions to perilous East Greenland. Precursors of the modern Jane Goodalls and Sally Rides, these women represent a fascinating but forgotten era in the li... more »terature of exploration.« less