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The contributions of female explorers - Courtney Stephens

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During the Victorian Age, women were unlikely to become great explorers, but a few intelligent, gritty and brave women made major contributions to the study of previously little-understood territory. Courtney Stephens examines three women -- Marianne North, Mary Kingsley and Alexandra David-Néel -- who wouldn’t take no for an answer (and shows why we should be grateful that they didn’t).

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Who are some interesting, lesser-known women in history?

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That women took there risk to go around stater




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you are sopost to give somthing to a spesholl women
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Anthony Johnson cause she was the first black woman to get a pilot's license



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bonnie parker, Isabella of Castile, and elizabeth bathory


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Amelia Earhart
Louisa Alcott
Martha Washington


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condoleezza rice

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