Born: 13 October 1919, United States
Died: 14 June 2009
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Jackie Ronne, Edith Ann Maslin
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1919, Oct. 13 Born, Baltimore, Md.
1940 A.B. degree, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1940-1941 Employed at the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.
1941-1947 Information specialist, State Department, Washington, D.C.
1944 Married Finn Ronne
1946-1948 Member and reporter, Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. First American woman in Antarctica, first woman (of two) to winter over in Antarctica.
1948-circa 2000 Writer and lecturer on Antarctica
1971 Flight to South Pole with her husband as guest of the U.S. Navy
1978-1981 President, Society of Woman Geographers
1995 Returned to East Base, Stonington Island, while lecturer on Antarctic cruise ship Explorer
2004 Published Antarctica’s First Lady. Beaumont, Texas: Clifton Steamboat Museum
2009, June 14 Died, Bethesda, Md.