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Adventurers: Ida Pfeiffer
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…

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Adventurers: Hallie M. Daggett
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, …

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Adventurers: Fanny Bullock Workman
Adventurers: Fanny Bullock Workman

Season 4 Episode 185

Fanny Bullock Workman (1859-1925) was one of the first women professional mountaineers.

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Adventurers: Emma “Grandma” Gatewood
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…

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Adventurers: Clärenore Stinnes
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…

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Adventurers: Cindy Lee Van Dover
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…

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Adventurers: Thuridur Einarsdottir
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…

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Adventurers: Bessie Coleman
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…

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Adventurers: Barbara Hillary
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.

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Adventurers: Augusta and Adeline Van Buren
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…

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