Cathryn J. Prince
Autor de Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
Sobre El Autor
Cathryn J. Prince is the author of, among other books, A Professor, a President, and a Meteor: The Birth of American Science. She worked as a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor in Switzerland and in New York, where she covered the United Nations. She lives in Connecticut.
Obras de Cathryn J. Prince
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Ocupaciones
- journalist
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 6
- Miembros
- 157
- Popularidad
- #133,743
- Valoración
- 3.3
- Reseñas
- 20
- ISBNs
- 18
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- 1
This was a fascinating story and made me utter on more than one occasion, "Why have I never heard about these women?" Which, of course, is part of the answer -- they are women. It would be nice to make them easily accessible to girls today. I believe they would enjoy hearing about their adventures!
I think it's important to note that there is almost as much information in this book about Annie Peck as there is Fanny Workman. Both women accomplished extraordinary feats in their lifetimes and I believe the author does a good job of relating their stories fairly and in an unbiased manner.
I did fell there was a bit of repetition in spots and the story seemed to jump around at times - but this could be because I was listening to it rather than reading it.
It was so interesting to learn of the notoriety Annie and Fanny received, not solely because of their amazing mountaineering and exploration adventures but also because of the outfits they chose to wore. Climbing 22,000 feet, exploring glaciers that had never been explored, teetering on the brink of injury or death, and other astonishing adventures paled in comparison to Annie wearing pants to climb and Fanny wearing a skirt. Annie shouldn't wear pants because only men should wear pants; Fanny shouldn't wear a skirt because isn't that too dangerous? Rather than saying what they really felt - which was that women had no business climbing mountains and biking through southeast Asia.... And fast forward to today when the American Women's Soccer team was chastised for too much celebration during their record breaking win over Thailand during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Rather than cheer them on for breaking records, the media focused on too much celebrating. While we all know if it had been the men celebrating 13 goals, no one would have mentioned it. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
This is well worth a read or a listen. Grab a world map. Familiarize yourself with the territory these women explored and their truly mind-boggling accomplishments. It will leave you amazed and plotting your own next adventure.
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