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28 things I love about Japan

by Ailsa Ross on March 29, 2018April 18, 2018

End of year thoughts

by Ailsa Ross on December 29, 2017April 3, 2018

Notes from the Skye Trail

by Ailsa Ross on August 8, 2017July 24, 2018

Tangerine moons

by Ailsa Ross on April 6, 2016July 20, 2016

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Emma “Grandma” Gatewood didn’t just hike the 2,168-mile Appalachian Trail alone at the age of 67. She was the first person to walk it twice, and then three times (and she did it in Converse). 👟👟⠀ .⠀ Born in 1887, the public attention Emma brought to the AT was huge. And her criticism of lousy trail maintenance led to improved upkeep and likely saved the AT from extinction. The book about her life — "Grandma Gatewood's Walk" — is a deserving New York Times bestseller. ⠀ .⠀ P.S. Here's an Outside Magazine article all about Emma: https://buff.ly/2wb8pHF⠀ .⠀ Cropped 📷: Stratness⠀ .⠀ #WomenAdventurers #AppalachianTrail #AT #EmmaGatewood #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryMonth2019 #KnowHerName #HERstory #ChildrensBooks
So thrilled to be sharing the news that 🌙 The Woman Who Rode a Shark 🌙 comes out on April 4th. This is a fun, smart book about women adventurers from around the world (the kind of women featured in this feed). All the art is by the brilliant @amyjpeg, and you can pre-order the book online now! Links are in the bio. . . . #ChildrensBooks #WomenAdventurers #IWD2019 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #bookoftheday #IWD19
Denmark’s Isak Dinesen told close friends that she could do two things — cook and possibly write. Well, she also managed to operate a coffee farm in British East Africa (now Kenya), first with her husband and then, once they divorced, for ten years alone — proving herself more than independent and capable. ⠀ .⠀ While there, she wrote her bestselling memoir, “Out of Africa,” under the pen name Karen Blixen. ⠀ .⠀ #karenblixen #isakdinesen #outofafrica #kenya #britisheastafrica #womenadventurers #memoir #coffeefarm #womeninhistory #denmark #womenshistorymonth
A hero of the cowboy (and girl!) era, Annie Oakley (1860-1926) used her shooting skills to escape a poor childhood in Ohio, becoming the first female superstar in what had been the male-dominated profession of sharpshooting. ⭐⠀ .⠀ All that to say, this woman could hit a moving target while riding a galloping horse. She could also shoot a cigarette from her husband’s lips. ⠀ .⠀ @nytimes article on her in the bio link: https://buff.ly/2Nm7qMl⠀ .⠀ #AnnieOakley #WildWest #AmericanWest #Cowgirl #WomenAdventurers #WomensHistoryMonth2019 #WomensHistoryMonth #Sharpshooter #HERStory #KnowHerName
Look deeper into mainstream history, and you'll find women's stories everywhere.⠀ .⠀ Words from @emilyofchappell — long-distance cyclist and @faberbooks author of the super book, “What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier’s Story” ⠀ .⠀ Post background by Mario Klingemann, using the magic @britishlibrary photo collection.⠀ . . . . . #quoteoftheday #quotes #quotesdaily #quotation #womenshistorymonth #womenshistorymonth2019
💕A few of the record-breaking African-American women adventurers we highlighted last February 💕⠀ .⠀ • Mae Jemison — first African American woman to go to space, 1992⠀ • Sophia Danenberg — first African American woman to summit Everest, 2006⠀ • Bessie Coleman — first African American woman to get her international pilot’s license, 1922⠀ .⠀ . . . #womenadventurers #africanamericanhistory #womenshistory #history #powerfulwomen #blackhistory #womenadventurers #womeninstem #recordbreakers #astronaut #everest #space

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