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British explorer and professional travel writer Isabella Bird is, to the modern eye, a study in contradictions. One of the premier mountaineers and world explorers of her generation, she was, in 1892, the first woman elected to London’s Royal Geographic Society. And yet Bird’s books on her travels are filled with depictions of herself and other women that reinforce the “properly feminine” domestic and behavioral codes of her day. In this fascinating and highly original collection of essays, Kare

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Author

Karen M. Morin

Publisher

Syracuse University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815631675

Category

history

Subjects

Sociology, History, Gender Studies

Rating

4.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14