Women Explorers
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Free for SubscribersResource: Gertrude Bell
$2.00Gertrude Bell was a 19th century traveller and writer, who also fulfilled unprecedented political roles for Britain in the Middle East. She was an archaeologist (with an Honours degree in Modern history from Oxford University) and founded the museum which later became the National Museum of Iraq. She was also employed as a Liaison Officer (along with T.E. Lawrence ‘of Arabia’) by the British during the First World War – the only woman to hold that post during that war. Her work in the Middle East was fundamental in providing the foundations, not only for future archaeological work in the region, but also helped shape much of its political future.
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Resource: Ida Pfeiffer
$3.00One of the 19th century women travel writers, Ida Pfeiffer spent many years travelling extensively. She left some of the first records of some groups of indigenous people in South-East Asia, as well as visiting North and South America, Scandinavia and many parts of Asia.
Her last trip was to Madagascar, where she inadvertently got embroiled in local politics. Pfeiffer also collected natural and geological samples, some of which were displayed in natural history museums. This resource provides an overview of her life and travels.
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Resource: Isabella Bird
$2.00Isabella Bird suffered from ill health whenever she was home in the UK. From a young age she travelled extensively for her health and her letters home were so enjoyed by family and friends that she was persuaded to publish them as books and thus became a very well-known 19th century woman travel writer. She travelled widely through North America and Asia and also took excellent photographs.
Bird was the first woman invited to join the Royal Geographic Society in London and was also invited to join the Royal Photographic Society. Her last trip was to Morocco when she was in her 70s.
This resource introduces her life and travels and complements the other resources on 19th century women travel writers.
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Resource: Jeanne Baret
$2.00A relatively unknown female explorer was the first woman to circumnavigate the world, Jeanne Baret. Dressed as a man, she sailed on the voyage of Louis Antoine de Bouganville as the assistant of the botanist, Commerson, who suffered from ill health.
Baret was also regarded as an excellent botanist in her own right. After Commerson’s death Baret married an officer of the French Army and returned to France. Her achievements were recognised by the French Government who granted her a pension.
This resource introduces the life of this intrepid woman.
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Resource: Nellie Bly
$2.00The 19th century interest in the wider world fostered a group of women writers who pioneered travel writing and journalism. Intrepid explorers in their own right, these women brought exotic destinations around the world into people’s homes with their writing.
Nellie Bly (born Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) was much more than a travel writer, however, despite her books on her journey around the world to replicate Jules Verne’s classic story (for real, and in less time!). She was also a journalist who let nothing get in her way and who investigated social causes with tenacity, using her sharp intelligence to highlight the plight of those less fortunate. Her exposé on the conditions in mental asylums brought about real change.
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Resource: Women Explorers
$4.00This resource looks at the history of women in exploration and the social conditions of the ‘Age of Discovery’, whilst exploring how women have re-entered the arena of exploration, of our planet and beyond. This resource aligns with Year 4, 5 and 6 Australian Curriculum History, Geography, HASS and Science.
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