INTRODUCTION: FIRST LADIES OF AORAKI MOUNT COOK 10 Part 1. LADIES ON THE ICE 17 JOANNA HARPER 22 ANNA VON LENDENFELD 34 FORRESTINA ROSS 42 JOANNA TURNBULL 54 MAY KINSEY 62 Part 2. CLIMBING HIGH 71 ROSE MOORHOUSE 76 MAUDE & ELFIE WILLIAMS 82 CONSTANCE BARNICOAT 90 LUCY MANNERING 100 Part 3. A GOLDEN AGE 109 FREDA DU FAUR 114 ADA JULIUS 122 MARGARET LORIMER 130 MURIEL GRAHAM 138 JANE THOMSON 148 Part 4. GIRL GUIDES 159 HILDA HALDANE 162 BETSY BLUNDEN 170 NORAH HAGGITT 180 JUNEE ASHURST 190 Part 5. PARTNERSHIPS AND 'MANLESS' CLIMBING 197 GRETA STEVENSON 202 LELLA DAVIDSON 210 ROSAMOND HARPER 222 Part 6. ENDURANCE AND GRIT 233 IDA CORRY 236 KATIE GARDINER 248 RUTH ADAMS 258 Part 7. CAREER WOMEN 271 LOUIE ROBERTS 274 MARIE BYLES 282 ANNE CONYNGHAM 292 Part 8.
MOUNTAINEERING MILESTONES 303 GILLIAN JACKSON 308 DOREEN PICKENS 318 MAVIS DAVIDSON 330 TRIBUTE: THE INVISIBLE BELAYERS 340 NOTES ON FICTIVE VIGNETTES 344 SOURCES 348 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 366 GLOSSARY 368 IMAGE CREDITS 369 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 372 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 375 INDEX 376.