01013cam a2200265 i 4500 512405907 TxAuBib 20210101120000.0 120611s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781929173426 1929173423 (OCoLC)795297761 YDX eng YDX OCLCQ TxAuBib rda Brown, Rebecca A. Women on high : pioneers of mountaineering. Boston : Appalachian Mountain Club, 2003. xiv, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index. Chronicles the lives of twelve women who rejected the Victorian idea of women as frail, delicate creatures in the early nineteenth century to climb some of the world's highest peaks. 20210101. Mountaineers Biography.