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    Mary Vaux Walcott’s Wild Flowers

    Mary Vaux Walcott’s Wild Flowers

    by Pamela M. Henson (reprinted with permission) With a hint of spring finally in the air, my thoughts turn to the sights, sounds and...
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    She Visited 187 Countries Before 1940, Many Alone

    She Visited 187 Countries Before 1940, Many Alone

    Homebound during the pandemic, I've been thinking a lot about Ava Hamilton Singer, an early member of the Society of Woman Geographers....
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    The Sea Was Boiling With Lights

    The Sea Was Boiling With Lights

    Else Bostlemann was an early member of the Society of Woman Geographers who enjoyed a fascinating job. Trained as an artist, she worked...
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    Books about Woman Explorers

    Books about Woman Explorers

    Looking for adventure or a new heroine to love? Here's some recommended reading! Here's some films by or about early members of the...
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    Celebrate Women Explorers

    Celebrate Women Explorers

    For National Kick Butt Day, I have prepared blog articles on ten women who were members of the Society of Woman Geographers: Amelia...
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    A Pioneer in Gay and Prisoner Rights

    A Pioneer in Gay and Prisoner Rights

    Blair Niles was a courageous writer who helped millions of readers understand the the injustices faced by marginalized people.
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    Gloria Hollister and her Disappearing Fish

    Gloria Hollister and her Disappearing Fish

    Gloria Hollister was the first woman to dive below the ocean in a bathysphere.
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    Headhunt Revisited: Chasing a Melanesian Dream

    Headhunt Revisited: Chasing a Melanesian Dream

    “They said no female outfit such as ours could go alone to paint headhunters and come back with their own heads. No man had done it.”
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    Louise Boyd: First Woman Polar Explorer

    Louise Boyd: First Woman Polar Explorer

    “My brain left all of me that was feminine, and, with a man-size stride I set out, bound to prove I belonged there as much as the men."
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    Unwrapping the Mummy with Rebeca Carrión Cachot

    Unwrapping the Mummy with Rebeca Carrión Cachot

    She had come a long way from the romantic college student who thought that the museum purchased its antiquities in a store.
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    Do we trust science to prevent tragic injury?

    Do we trust science to prevent tragic injury?

    He tried the drug on his secretary before giving it to his cow. It shows the relative value placed on women and cattle in Texas.
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    Mary Vaux Walcott, on Brainless Politicians

    Mary Vaux Walcott, on Brainless Politicians

    Politicians don’t seem to have any brains, or at least of they have them, they do not use them
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    Old School Explorer, Mickie Akeley

    Old School Explorer, Mickie Akeley

    Explorer Mickie Akeley was afraid of two things: lions and elevators.
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    Walk on the Wild Side with Lucile Quarry Mann

    Walk on the Wild Side with Lucile Quarry Mann

    Who doesn’t love a woman with a snake? Do you admire women who seize the chance to do what few people have done? To count down the days...
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    Amelia Earhart Kicks Butt

    Amelia Earhart Kicks Butt

    “Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. It is reckless, maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?”
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    Banned from the Explorer’s Club

    Banned from the Explorer’s Club

    The Society asked explorer Roy Andrews, president of the Explorers Club, to explain his comment that "Women are not adapted to exploration."
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    The Spirited Mother of Our Plundered Planet

    The Spirited Mother of Our Plundered Planet

    I do not know whether the human race is going to survive much longer, and I sometimes wonder if we deserve to. But Alaska must be preserved.
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    Men mocked Annie Peck's clothes to diminish her accomplishments

    Men mocked Annie Peck's clothes to diminish her accomplishments

    Can a woman get as much publicity for her accomplishments as her appearance?
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    The Tragic Fate of America’s Radium Girls, A Guest Post by Samantha Wilcoxson

    The Tragic Fate of America’s Radium Girls, A Guest Post by Samantha Wilcoxson

    After years of sharpening the brush tips with their lips and using the paint as makeup, the women wondered if the radium was poisoning them.
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    Ella Riegel, Iron-Jawed Suffrage Angel

    Ella Riegel, Iron-Jawed Suffrage Angel

    “Of course the picketing was embarrassing. We meant it to be. This was no time for manners.”
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