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Adventurers: Ida Pfeiffer
Season 4 Episode 187
Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858) was the first solo female travel writer. At a time when women were not encouraged to strike out on their own, she traveled t…
2 years, 9 months ago
Adventurers: Hallie M. Daggett
Season 4 Episode 186
Hallie Morse Daggett (1878-1964) was the first woman employed by the U.S. Forest Service as a fire lookout. She spent years peering out from a peak, …
2 years, 9 months ago
Adventurers: Fanny Bullock Workman
Season 4 Episode 185
Fanny Bullock Workman (1859-1925) was one of the first women professional mountaineers.
This month, we’re talking about adventurers – women who refus…
2 years, 9 months ago
Adventurers: Emma “Grandma” Gatewood
Season 4 Episode 184
Emma Gatewood (1887-1973) was a domestic violence survivor who went on to become the first woman– and first grandmother– to hike the entire Appalachi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Adventurers: Clärenore Stinnes
Season 4 Episode 183
Clärenore Stinnes (1901-1990) was the first European woman to circumnavigate the world by car – during a time when most women didn’t even have a driv…
2 years, 9 months ago
Adventurers: Cindy Lee Van Dover
Season 4 Episode 182
Cindy Lee Van Dover (1954-present) has traveled farther than light can reach: all the way to the bottom of the ocean. And she's done it more than 100…
2 years, 9 months ago
Adventurers: Thuridur Einarsdottir
Season 4 Episode 181
Captain Thuridur Einarsdottir (1777-1863) was a brawny sea captain whose fishing and seafaring skills made her into a legend in Icelandic history.
Th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Adventurers: Bessie Coleman
Season 4 Episode 180
Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) was the first African American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot's license. She crossed an ocean to get that…
2 years, 9 months ago
Adventurers: Barbara Hillary
Season 4 Episode 179
Barbara Hillary (1931-2019) was the first Black woman to travel to both the North Pole and the South Pole.
This month, we’re talking about adventurer…
2 years, 9 months ago
Adventurers: Augusta and Adeline Van Buren
Season 4 Episode 178
Augusta and Adeline Van Buren (1884-1959, 1889-1949) made a harrowing cross country motorcycle journey to prove women had as much to offer the war ef…
2 years, 9 months ago