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Women explorers perils, pistols, and petticoats

Introduces inspiring women whose passions for exploration made them push the boundaries, including Nellie Cashman, Annie Smith Peck, and Delia Julia Denning Akeley.

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Main Author: Cummins, Julie
Other Authors: Harness, Cheryl (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012.
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Women explorers > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction
Women > Biography > Juvenile.
Explorers > Juvenile nonfiction
Women explorers > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Table of Contents:
  • Louise Arner Boyd (1887-1972 : from parties to polar bears
  • Nellie Cashman (1850-1925) : go west, young lady
  • Ynes Mexia (1870-1938) : going green
  • Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) : a bug up her sleeve
  • Annie Smith Peck (1850-1935) : how high can you climb?
  • Alexandrine TinneĢ (1835-1869) : mystery of the Nile
  • Delia Julia Denning Akeley (1875-1970) : Africa, from dawn to tusk
  • Violet Cressy-Marcks (1890-1970) : "shrinking violet?"
  • not this lady!
  • Freya Stark (1893-1993) : Arabian nights and days
  • Daisy Bates (1863-1951) : walk on the wild side.

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