DARING LADY EXPLORERS.
Probably no other lady has such a record of'exploration a,s Mrs. French-1 Sheldon, who. amongst other claims to distinction, possesses that of having been llie lir„l woman elected a Fellow of Ihe Roval Geographical Society, In addition to three journeys round the world, she has personally conducted more ilmu one African expedition.and has travelled alone on the Congo. Mrs. Workman, .too. has accomplished wonders among the Himalayas—where she and her husband, in Hit):!, attained ah altitude of -23.:!04ft —iiii<t Miss' Cordon-Cmuming lias also climbed many o[ the almost inaccessible ]ieaks among the mountains of Northern India anil Tibet,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 3
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101DARING LADY EXPLORERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 3
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