Jackie Ronne
Edith “Jackie” Ronne was the first woman to work on an Antarctic exploration expedition.
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Bernice Goetz
Bernice Goetz became famous for her expeditions into the jungles of Central and South America.
Emily Caroline Barnett
From January 1883, Barnett kept a detailed diary that recorded descriptions of her Australian tip trip including topography, vegetation, observations of frontier life, and commentary on white and Aboriginal relations.
Annie Londonderry
Annie Londonderry (ca1870-1947) is known mainly for her well publicized bicycle trip in 1894-95, purportedly around the world.
Isabelle Eberhardt
Swiss explorer who lived and travelled extensively throughout North Africa.
Helen Thayer
Helen Thayer was the first woman and oldest person to make a solo journey to the magnetic North Pole. She competed internationally as a world-class discus thrower, and in 1975 became the U.S. National Champion in the ice-sledding sport luge.
Aloha Wanderwell
Canadian explorer, author, filmmaker, travel lecturer, editor, screenwriter, and radio performer. She was also fluent in 11 languages.
Jeanne Baret
French explorer and botanist who disguised herself as a man to go on an expedition and became the first known woman to circumnavigate the world
Hester Stanhope
English traveler and writer
Isabella Bird
English travelor and author