Outdated forms of transportation didn't stop these women from taking ambitious journeys around the world.
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Over the past month I have found myself travelling much more than usual. Knowing that my Reading the Collections blog post would need to be done soon after I returned, I decided to take my chosen work to read for this blog on my travels (a copy, of course!). I chose a work written by…
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Lecture Material on Isabella Bird’s A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains AND John Muir’s Steep Trails.
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This One's for the Girls: 4 Bold Pittsburghers who Affected Change. PittGirl says these women |!|had Girl Power before the world knew what Girl Power meant.|!|
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An unmarried adventurer, Bird rewrote the rule book of travel journalism as she blazed a trail through China in the late 1800s, taking cheap transport and facing violent mobs.
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Isabella Bird was one of the 19th century’s most remarkable female travellers, defying Victorian convention and health problems to complete numerous remarkable journeys. Roger Bunyan has more…
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Today's Historical Badass is Isabella Bird Bishop One of the most celebrated and influential female explorers and travel writers of the Victorian era, Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop circled the globe three times during her life as she explored Korea, Japan, Canada, Hawaii, Tibet, Malaysia, and Colorado. When she died in 1904 at the age of 73, her was trunk packed, ready to embark on another journey.
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Explore the life and adventures of Isabella Bird, a British explorer, writer, and photographer who defied Victorian norms. Discover her striking quotes and more!
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