Spinsters abroad
by Dea Birkett
- ISBN
- 9780760719329
Spinsters abroad is a women explorers, biography book by Dea Birkett.
About this book
This glimpse at the early 1900s draws upon diaries and letters of 50 women explorers and vividly reconstructs their journeys. Dissatisfied with the cramped lives prescribed for them in the late Victorian era, they sought new horizons. From West Africa to Sarawak and the Rockies, their travels brought freedom and earned respect back home.
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Spinsters abroad is a Women explorers, Biography, Frau, Entdeckungsreise book.
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This glimpse at the early 1900s draws upon diaries and letters of 50 women explorers and vividly reconstructs their journeys. Dissatisfied with the cramped lives prescribed for them in the late Victorian era, they sought new horizons. From West Africa to Sarawak and the Rockies, their travels brough...
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Spinsters abroad was written by Dea Birkett.