Behind many of the world's best adventures is a female explorer who didn't experience the fame that some other adventurers get. Sure, you've heard of Amelia Earhart, but have you heard of any of the ...

If the image we have in our heads of what an ‘explorer’ looks like is male, that’s partly because history has focused too heavily on the achievements of men. But there have been plenty of pioneering ...

The imagined female scientists, explorers and adventurers seen in Tonje Bøe Birkeland’s photographs are echoes from a footnote in women’s history. In her ongoing series, The Characters, the ...

Sarah Lonsdale's book is published by Manchester University Press. Both she and MUP will receive income from sales of the book. In the summer of 1905, a young Canadian widow, Mina Hubbard, set out on ...