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Ailsa Ross

Scottish writer and illustrator Ailsa Ross is a Matador Network editor and contributor to National Geographic online, Nerve, and xoJane. She's based in the Canadian Rockies where she's researching the world's unsung female explorers.

http://dreamingofargentina.com/

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The World’s First Global Dance Critic Was a Victorian Aerobics Teacher

Beryl de Zoete scoured the world for all the best dance moves.

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The Insouciant Heiress Who Became the First Western Woman to Enter Palmyra

February 10, 2016

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The Teen Who Trekked 1,800 Miles Through the Canadian Wilderness Disguised as a Man

Her ruse worked—until she had a baby.

January 27, 2016

female explorers

How Lady Bible Hunters Made the Victorian Era's Most Stunning Scriptural Find

January 20, 2016

The Opium-Smoking Author Who Lived With Pygmies in Congo

The Early Female Aviator Who Flew Across the Atlantic in Terrible Weather

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The Cross-Dressing Heiress Who Decamped to the Algerian Desert

The Prima Donna Who Snuck into Tibet in 1912 to Meet the Dalai Lama

The Victorian Gentlewoman Who Documented 900 Plant Species