Minneapolis-born Cora Johnstone Best achieved international success as a mountaineer during the 1920s. She was a pioneer in the sport, becoming a licensed guide at a time when women were rarely given the opportunity to be lead climbers.
Canadian-American suffragist, philanthropist, founding faculty member, environmentalist, leader of the women’s club movement in the 1890’s and a 1920 Democratic candidate for state superintendent.
The Operation White Tower expedition commenced in the spring of 1947 with the goal of mapping and filming the highest mountain in North America. Barbara Polk Washburn was the only woman on the team of mountaineers, photographers, scientists, and military men.
New Zealand teacher, mountaineer, journalist and writer
New Zealand school principal and mountaineer.
Besides her interest in theatre, fashion, literature, art, woodwork and car maintenance, she was a capable mountaineer with a penchant for rugged West Coast New Zealand terrain. Her warmth, energy and knowledge assisted many students to attain international standards of practice in physiotherapy and helped to firmly establish the profession in New Zealand.
New Zealand mountaineer
New Zealand pioneer, writer, and the first Pākehā woman to climb Mount Taranaki.
Accomplished Polish mountaineer
American suffragist and abolitionist, best known for being the first woman to climb Pikes Peak in Colorado in 1858.