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

A third of the way through an Arctic voyage in October 2020, on the Russian research vessel, the Akademik Fedorov, a crew member...

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"When men were told that they scored low on a masculinity test, they exaggerated their aggressiveness and the number of sexual partners."

Blair Niles, on Truth

Gloria Hollister, on Opportunity

Blair Niles was a courageous writer who helped millions of readers understand the the injustices faced by marginalized people.

Gloria Hollister was the first woman to dive below the ocean in a bathysphere.

“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.”

“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."

She had come a long way from the romantic college student who thought that the museum purchased its antiquities in a store.

Accept the goal and stop worrying about the risk.

Pearl S. Buck speaks of youth who achieve the impossible.

Politicians don’t seem to have any brains, or at least of they have them, they do not use them

Explorer Mickie Akeley was afraid of two things: lions and elevators.

Politicians don't seem to have any brains, or if they do, they don't use them.

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...