The girl explorers : the untold story of the globetrotting women who trekked, flew, and fought their way around the world / Jayne Zanglein

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zanglein, Jayne, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women explorers.

Society of Woman Geographers.

Adams, Harriet Chalmers, 1875-1937.

Adams, Harriet Chalmers.

Niles, Blair.

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.

Earhart, Amelia.

Anable, Gloria Hollister.

Taylor, Anna Heyward, 1879-1956.

Taylor, Anna Heyward.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7523)

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 376 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Naperville : Sourcebooks, [2021]

Summary:

""Don't take women when you go exploring!" In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, the president of the Explorers Club, told hundreds of female students at Barnard College that women and exploration could never mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either... The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the women who broke apart the stuffy men's club and founded the Society of Woman Geographers (SWG), and how some key members-including Blair Niles, Amelia Earhart, Gloria Hollister, and Anna Heyward Taylor-paved the way for women scientists by scaling mountains, exploring the seas, flying across the Atlantic, and recording the world through film, sculpture, and art"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: Banned

Mere women. Reckless ; A place of their own ; Go home where you belong! ; A mere woman ; Reno-vation

Early advocates for human rights. The prison special ; The backlash of war ; Birth of a nation

The 'girls' of the Tropical Research Station. Wanted: a chaperone ; Too many girl pictures

Advocating for Black people, gay men, and French prisoners. Imprisoned by whiteness ; Condemned to Devil's Island ; Gay Harlem ; Rates of mankind

Networking women. Only a passenger ; Friction ; Networking

Paving the way for women today. The Matilda effect ; Seeing with both eyes

Epilogue: the loss will be ours.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327).

Local Notes:

Schimmel 7523: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. With dust jacket.

Athenaeum copy: Scott fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Zanglein, Jayne, The girl explorers

ISBN:

9781728215242

1728215242

OCLC:

1226803367