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Stalking the Female Geographer |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / REVIEWS |
| Author: Eloise Engle |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 1,772 Words, 10,176 Characters |
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WOMEN OF THE FOUR WINDS
The Adventures of Four of
America's First Women Explorers
Elizabeth Fagg Olds
Houghton Mifflin, 1985
318 pp., $17.95 (cloth), $8.95 (paper)
What may appear on the surface as yet another strident attack on male dominance by feminists, this book is an "everyperson's" story of courage, skill, kindness and determination to succeed--in spite of age, fashion, expected behavior, and the serious perils of exploring unknown regions. The four Victorian women selected by author Elizabeth Fagg Olds were explorers of serious intent. Their goal was to enlighten the world with scientific observations, and to contribute to the world's permanent store of knowledge.
They explored at the risk of life and limb, chronicled their observations, and in 1925 founded the Society of Woman Geographers, a group sharing a common goal of professionalism. Author Elizabeth Fagg Olds draws on her membership, association, and experience as international president of the Society of 500...
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... trunk she traveled with and marvel at the knowledge and insight she brought back from those exotic places. If I'd been old enough and smart, I would have asked about lack of privacy for proper ladies, about food and dangers and how such women were able to deal with men in their employ. But Olds fills in many of these details in WOMEN OF THE FOUR WINDS. It is grand and adventurous tour. vbcrlf
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