The Girl Explorers, Jayne Zanglein
The Girl Explorers, Jayne Zanglein
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The Girl Explorers
The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World

Author: Jayne Zanglein

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/02/2021


Synopsis

Never tell a woman where she doesn't belong.

In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, president of the men-only Explorers Club, boldly stated to hundreds of female students at Barnard College that "women are not adapted to exploration," and that women and exploration do not mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either . . .

The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the founding of the Society of Women Geographers—an organization of adventurous female world explorers—and how key members served as early advocates for human rights and paved the way for today's women scientists by scaling mountains, exploring the high seas, flying across the Atlantic, and recording the world through film, sculpture, and literature.

Follow in the footsteps of these rebellious women as they travel the globe in search of new species, widen the understanding of hidden cultures, and break records in spades. For these women dared to go where no woman—or man—had gone before, achieving the unthinkable and breaking through barriers to allow future generations to carry on their important and inspiring work.

About Jayne Zanglein

Jayne Zanglein is passionate about publicizing the accomplishments of women ignored by history and chronicling the challenges that women face today. Like the founding members of the Society of Woman Geographers, she believes that marginalized groups become visible through empathic reporting, law, and democracy. Before the Coronavirus curtailed her travels, she visited fifty- eight countries. She is a lawyer by profession, and The Girl Explorers is her first non-law book. Jayne lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband Steve Wohlrab, who serenades her with beautiful guitar music from afar while she writes.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Philip

Interesting but just oddly crafted and organized, this "history" of the Society of Women Geographers could have been so much better. After several chapters on the founding of the society,* it jumps around to tell the stories of numerous, otherwise-unrelated female adventurers, activists, suffragette......more

A wonderful book that drew emotions from me throughout. The feeling of anger and frustration arose when the treatment of women and gays in the first half of the 20th Century. It was wrong…wrong…wrong. On the other hand, the determination of the ladies of the time gave me great joy.......more