Is it someone flying solo across the continent gritting their teeth as they come in for a bumpy landing Or strapping on scuba gear ready to plunge deep into the ocean to study fish that light up all by themselves Maybe it’s someone climbing a mountain just to see if they can reach the top But however you imagine this brave adventurer is it a woman Are you picturing Arunima Sinha She became the first woman amputee to reach the peak of Mount Everest Or how about Diana Nyad On her fifth try at age 64 she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark tank So many women eager to explore the world have been met with raised eyebrows Is that any place for a woman Why would you want to do THAT Don’t you want to settle down Meanwhile men seeking adventure usually aren’t even questioned Because although it may be human nature to crave adventure women haven’t always had the same chances as men to make their dreams come true But things are beginning to change and the fight for gender equality has come a long way Still some people such as transgender women and gender non-conforming people those who don’t identify with any gender find much of the world an unwelcoming place to achieve their dreams as adventurers or otherwise The stories in this book show what people all people are capable of So if you’re thirsting for great adventure read on and let these women show you how it’s done kisses biceps
SKY
Look Up Waaay Up Today it’s no big deal to see an airplane in the sky But that wasn’t always the case When the Wright brothers landed their first plane more than 100 years ago in 1903 many saw it as the birth of human flight For years afterward few people had the chance to ride in a plane let alone fly one And certainly very few women had those opportunities But as always there were some fierce women pioneers who earned their pilot’s license and took to the skies As people set their sights even higher from the sky to outer space smart capable women put up their hands to say Save that seat for me They journeyed to space stations conducting experiments and uncovering the secrets of the universe And so we take a look at women who might have gazed up at the sky and wondered What the heck is it like up there
