Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 312 p)
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ill
ISBN:
1280908696
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9781280908699
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9780313016868
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Harriet Chalmers Adams (1875- 1937) -- Joy Friederike Victoria Gessner Adamson (1910- 1980) -- Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1822- 1907) -- Delia Denning Akeley (1875- 1970) -- Mary Lenore Jobe Akeley (1878- 1966) -- Jacqueline Marie-Therese Suzanne Douet Auriol (1917- 2000) -- Isabelle Autissier (1956- ) -- Ann Bancroft (1955- ) -- Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (1868- 1926) -- Ruth Fulton Benedict (1887- 1948) -- Gertrude Benham (1867- 1938) -- Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop (1831- 1904) -- Arlene Blum (1945- ) -- Margaret Bourke-White (1906- 1971) -- Louise Arner Boyd (1887- 1972) -- Susan Butcher (1954- ) -- Rachel Louise Carson (1907- 1964) -- Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881- 1969) -- Eugenie Clark (1922- ) -- Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb (1931- ) -- Jacqueline Cochran (c. 1910- 1980) -- Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman (1892- 1926) -- Eileen Marie Collins (1956- ) -- Alexandra David-Neel (1868- 1969) -- Meta Ann "Annie" Doak Dillard (1945- ) -- Florence Catherine Douglas Dixie (1855- 1905) -- Amelia Earhart (1898- 1937) -- Dian Fossey (1932- 1985) -- Clare Mary Francis (1946- ) -- Birute Marija Filomena Galdikis (1948- ) -- Jane Goodall (1934- ) -- Ernestine "Dee Dee" Green (1939- ) -- Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (1871- 1953) -- Marguerite Elton Baker Harrison (1879- 1967) -- Mae Carol Jemison (1956- ) -- Amy Johnson (1903- 1941) -- Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1862- 1900) -- Monica Kristensen (1950- ) -- Anne LaBastille -- Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe (1949- 1986) -- Beryl Clutterbuck Markham (1902- 1986) -- Margaret Mead (1901- 1979) -- Sylvia Earle Mead (1935- ) -- Ruth Nichols (1901- 1960) -- Valentina Tereshkova Nikolayev (1937- ) -- Marianne North (1830- 1890) -- Diana Sneed Nyad (1949- ) -- Annie Smith Peck (1850- 1935) -- Harriet Quimby (1875- 1912) -- Sally Kristen Ride (1951- ) -- Freya Stark (1893- 1993).
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-304) and index
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""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Harriet Chalmers Adams (1875� 1937)""; ""Joy Friederike Victoria Gessner Adamson (1910� 1980)""; ""Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1822� 1907)""; ""Delia Denning Akeley (1875� 1970)""; ""Mary Lenore Jobe Akeley (1878� 1966)""; ""Jacqueline Marie-Therese Suzanne Douet Auriol (1917� 2000)""; ""Isabelle Autissier (1956� )""; ""Ann Bancroft (1955� )""; ""Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (1868� 1926)""; ""Ruth Fulton Benedict (1887� 1948)""; ""Gertrude Benham (1867� 1938)""; ""Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop (1831� 1904)""
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""Arlene Blum (1945� )""""Margaret Bourke-White (1906� 1971)""; ""Louise Arner Boyd (1887� 1972)""; ""Susan Butcher (1954� )""; ""Rachel Louise Carson (1907� 1964)""; ""Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881� 1969)""; ""Eugenie Clark (1922� )""; ""Geraldyn “Jerrie� Cobb (1931� )""; ""Jacqueline Cochran (c. 1910� 1980)""; ""Elizabeth “Bessie� Coleman (1892� 1926)""; ""Eileen Marie Collins (1956� )""; ""Alexandra David-Neel (1868� 1969)""; ""Meta Ann “Annie� Doak Dillard (1945� )""; ""Florence Catherine Douglas Dixie (1855� 1905)""; ""Amelia Earhart (1898� 1937)""
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""Dian Fossey (1932� 1985)""""Clare Mary Francis (1946� )""; ""Birute Marija Filomena Galdikis (1948� )""; ""Jane Goodall (1934� )""; ""Ernestine “Dee Dee� Green (1939� )""; ""Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (1871� 1953)""; ""Marguerite Elton Baker Harrison (1879� 1967)""; ""Mae Carol Jemison (1956� )""; ""Amy Johnson (1903� 1941)""; ""Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1862� 1900)""; ""Monica Kristensen (1950� )""; ""Anne LaBastille""; ""Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe (1949� 1986)""; ""Beryl Clutterbuck Markham (1902� 1986)""; ""Margaret Mead (1901� 1979)""
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""Sylvia Earle Mead (1935� )""""Ruth Nichols (1901� 1960)""; ""Valentina Tereshkova Nikolayev (1937� )""; ""Marianne North (1830� 1890)""; ""Diana Sneed Nyad (1949� )""; ""Annie Smith Peck (1850� 1935)""; ""Harriet Quimby (1875� 1912)""; ""Sally Kristen Ride (1951� )""; ""Freya Stark (1893� 1993)""; ""Junko Istibashi Tabei (1939� )""; ""Alexandrine Petronella “Alexine� Tinne (1835� 1869)""; ""Fanny Bullock Workman (1859� 1925)""; ""Appendix I: Vignettes of Other Women""; ""Appendix II: Women by Category""; ""Appendix III: Women by Nationality""
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""Selected Bibliography""""Index""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1280908688
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780313316609
Additional Edition:
Print version Ahead of Their Time : A Biographical Dictionary of Risk-Taking Women
Language:
English
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