WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY
Elizabeth Le Bond
Irish alpinist, 1860-1934
Fanny Bullock Workman
American
Elizabeth Stark
Ladies Scottish Climbing Club, 1st all women’s expedition to Himalayas, 1st ascent of Gyalgen Peak
Stacy Allison
American, 1st ascent of Mt. Everest, 1988
Josephine Peary
American alpinist - 1912 “votes for women” sign
Dora Keen
First recorded woman to summit Mt. Blackburn, Alaska
Miriam Underhill
Grépon, Mont Blanc 1929
Alice Damesme
Grépon, Mont Blanc 1929
Claude Kogan
French, 1st female ascent of Cho Oyu
Barbara Washburn
Denali, 1940’s
Junko Tabei
Japanese, 1st female ascent of Mt. Everest 1975
Monica Jackson
Ladies Scottish Climbing Club, 1st all women’s expedition to Himalayas, 1st ascent of Gyalgen Peak