World of Her Own: 24 Amazing Women Explorers and Adventurers
This book is dedicated to my remarkable grandnieces the young women of my village El Portal and youthful read ers everywhere May these stories ignite a desire to take a step beyond the known
You have legs you can go You have a voice why not sing You have a heart dance Nanao Sakaki Break the Mirror
Contents Introduction Women with Wanderlust vii Lorie Karnath A President of Explorers ix PART I CALLED BY MOUNTAINS Annie Smith Peck A Woman Above Them All 3 Rosaly Lopes Where Passion Leads 13 Constanza Ceruti Climbing Sacred Mountains with a Humble Heart 22 Sophia Danenberg Reaching the Highest Summit 31 PART II SEEKING NATURE Marianne North Picturing Nature 43 Martha Maxwell Exploring Wildlife in the Rockies 53 Ynes Mexia In Pursuit of Unknown Flora 65 Margaret Lowman Life in the Treetops 72 Pamela Rasmussen Birding Across Continents 81 Kate Jackson In Quest of Scaly Slimy Creatures 90 Aparajita Datta Vanishing Wildlife and Forgotten People 99 PART III EXPLORING THE WORLD’S WATERS Eleanor Creesy She Sets the Course 111 Kay Cottee Alone on the High Seas 119 Edie Widder Into the Deep Dark Sea 130 Jill Fredston Rowing Along Cold Coasts 140 Stephanie Schwabe Diving into the Dark Frontier 149
