Julia Archibald Holmes
American suffragist and abolitionist, best known for being the first woman to climb Pikes Peak in Colorado in 1858.
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Forrest Ross
New Zealand teacher, mountaineer, journalist and writer
Miriam O’Brien Underhill
Mountaineer, environmentalist and feminist proponent of all-women climbs
Junko Tabei
Renowned Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher.
Lizzie Le Blond
Irish mountaineer, author and photographer
Gwen Moffat
Brighton’s first female mountain guide, followed by a career as a successful author.
Dorothy Michaelis Theomin
New Zealand philanthropist
Jane Thomson
One of the first to achieve important goals for women mountaineers in New Zealand, and proved that age need be no barrier to participation in the sport.
Dora Keen
American traveler, mountain climber and writer
Brede Arkless
Irish rock climber and mountain guide