I wasn’t sure which forum to put this in, it’s climbing related but didn’t seem to fit easily in to any of the climbing specific forums.
The historian and academic Dr Rachel Hewitt has got a long thread of tweets on Twitter about how women who participated widely in a range of sports in the 19th and early 20th century have been largely erased from the history books. There is quite a strong focus on mountaineering in particular.
I know one or two names and I will no doubt do a bit of research myself, but I thought it would be good to use the UKC hive mind to celebrate some of these women. Just chip in with what you know.
