Jayne Zanglein - The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World

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Copyright 2021, 2022 by Jayne Zanglein

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To my mom and my husband, Steve: for your steadfast belief that I could bring the stories of these unsung heroes to life

From the days of the mythical Argonauts until relatively recent times, the business of discovery and exploration, whether legendary or real, inevitably featured an all-male cast. Women stayed at home, awaiting the adventurers return, presumably stitching away on some interminable tapestry, in the tradition of that stoic image of patient resignation, Penelope. But in the twentieth century, the situation began to change. Women freed themselves from their Victorian upbringing to organize and lead expeditions of their own, asserting themselves as serious experts. While almost forgotten today, they were far from ignored in their time. With the passage of time, however, the names and contributions tended to sink from sight, their achievements questioned or minimized. The essence of this era found a voice in 1925 in the creation of the International Society of Woman Geographers by many of these brilliant women. They sought intellectual companionship in a period when their global assaults were still regarded as decided aberrations from the norm. The trailblazing adventures of these women remain unique, and their contributions deserve reinstatement in the history of American explorers.

ELIZABETH FAGG OLDS

My shock lies in the fact that theres so much inspiration to be drawn from real-life history that I dont understand how, after so many years, theres still a lack of tales about daring, gutsy, even reckless women. Yes, reckless! Why not? Show them being reckless! Im not suggesting that theyre perfect. Im suggesting that theyre interesting and that cinemas and libraries everywhere are missing out on spell-binding characters and, more importantly, on their ability as characters to inspire in young girls the realisation that life is for living, risks, mistakes and adrenalin-inducing bravery included.

KAYA PURCHASE

Illustration 1. Map from the New York Section of the Society of Woman Geographers, ca. 1932

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Society of Woman Geographers Founders and First President

Illustration 2.1. Marguerite Harrison, ca. 1921

Illustration 2.2. Blair [Beebe] Niles, 1910

Illustration 2.3. Gertrude Emerson [Sen], 1921

Illustration 2.4. Gertrude Mathews [Shelby], 1922

Illustration 2.5. Harriet Chalmers Adams, 1918

Featured Early Members of the Society

Illustration 2.6. Te Ata, 1920

Illustration 2.7. Mary Ritter Beard, 1915

Illustration 2.8. Amelia Earhart, 1928

Illustration 2.9. Malvina Hoffman, 1928

Illustration 2.10. Gloria Hollister, ca. 1930

Illustration 2.11. Osa Johnson, 1917

Illustration 2.12. Ellen La Motte, 1902