INTRODUCTION 7THE ARTISTS 8Women with boundless curiosity, gigantic dreams, and a desire to share their amazingexperiences with the world - in the form of writing, painting, photography, dance and music.LADY SARASHINA, The lady-in-waiting who became the first travel writer 10Known for her adventures in: JapanMARIANNE NORTH, The flower hunter who painted over a thousand plants 12Known for her adventures: Around the worldISABELLA BIRD, The Victorian lady who became a photojournalist 14Known for her adventures: Around the worldNELLIE BLY, The superstar reporter who changed the world by writing about it 16Known for her adventures: Around the worldZORA NEALE HURSTON, The anthropologist who practiced voodoo 18Known for her adventures in: HaitiFREYA STARK, The flower farmer who explored Iran''s Valleys of the Assassins 20Known for her adventures in: The Middle EastEMILY HAHN, The writer who walked across the Congo 22Known for her adventures in: Present-day Democratic Republic of the CongoJOSEPHINE BAKER, The cabaret siren who became an activist and spy 24Known for her adventures in: France and MoroccoMIHAELA NOROC, The photographer who captures the beauty of women around the globe 26Known for her adventures: Around the worldTHE PIONEERS 28Women who have blazed trails from the mountains to the plains.These adventurers have broken big ground for the rest of us.TEUTA, The pirate queen who stood up to Ancient Rome 30Known for her adventures in: Ancient Illyria (present-day Balkans)ISOBEL GUNN, The fur trapper who crossed the Canadian wilderness in disguise 32Known for her adventures in: present-day CanadaSACAGAWE,A, The teenager who joined America''s biggest expedition 33Known for her adventures in: present-day United StatesAMELIA EARHART, The pioneer pilot who soared over oceans 36Known for her adventures: Around the worldBERYL MARKHAM, The pilot who broke an Atlantic record 37Known for her adventures in: Africa and over the AtlanticADA BLACKJACK, The castaway who survived alone on an Arctic island 40Known for her adventures on: Wrangel IslandLUCY NABIKI TAKONA, The female safari guide challenging expectations 42Known for her adventures in: KenyaAISHOLPAN NURGAIV, The teenage eagle hunter bringing back a 2,000-year-old tradition 44Known for her adventures in: MongoliaTHE SCIENTISTS 46Women who have voyaged from the deepest seas to outer spacein their quests to understand the world around us.MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN, The painter who traveled to Suriname in search of butterflies 48Known for her adventures in: SurinameJEANNE BARET, The first woman to sail around the world 50Known for her adventures: Around the worldWANG ZHENYI, The astronomer who traveled across eastern China 52Known for her adventures in: ChinaYNÉS MEXÍA, The explorer who proved science is for everyone 54Known for her adventures in: MexicoSYLVIA EARLE, The biologist who led the first all-women team of scientists to live underwater 56Known for her adventures in: the oceanROBERTA BONDAR, The astronaut who became the first neurologist in space 58Known for her adventures in: spaceNALINI NADKARNI, The dancer who became a treetop scientist 60Known for her adventures in: Costa RicaBOLORTSETSEG MINJIN, The paleontologist making dinosaur studies accessible to everyone 62Known for her adventures in: MongoliaTHE ACTIVISTS 64Women who have dared to speak up, kick down barriers, fightinjustice and make the world a better place - whatever it takes.Naomi Wadler, The student advocating for victims of gun violence 66Known for her adventures in: USAJOAN OF ARC, The teenage warrior who fought for France 68Known for her adventures in: FranceNZINGA, The queen who became a fierce fighter 70Known for her adventures in: present-day AngolaBESSIE COLEMAN, The pilot who opened the skies to everyone 72Known for her adventures in: France and the USAWHINA COOPER, The Ma-ori activist who marched 600 miles for land rights 74Known for her adventures in: New ZealandGERTRUDE BLOM, The anthropologist who became one of the first environmental activists 76Known for her adventures in: MexicoShannen Koostachin, The teenager who fought for education in First Nations communities 78Known for her adventures in: CanadaNOOR INAYAT KHAN, The Indian princess who became a secret agent 80Known for her adventures in: FranceANITA RODDICK, The entrepreneur who traveled the world to create ethical cosmetics 82Known for her adventures: Around the worldSVETLANA ALEXIEVICH, The Nobel Prize winner giving a voice to the survivors of conflict and disaster 84Known for her adventures in: the former Soviet UnionTHE ATHLETES 86Women who have pushed themselves to the very limits of theircapabilities in pursuit of bold goals and ambitions.ANNIE LONDONDERRY, The first woman to circumnavigate the world by bicycle 88Known for her adventures: Around the worldDIANA NYAD, The champion who swam from Cuba to Florida 90Known for her adventures in: the Florida StraitCHERYL STRAYED, The writer who sparked a hiking revolution 92Known for her adventures in: the USAKIMI WERNER, The freediving chef who rode a shark 94SILVANA LIMA, The surfer who refuses to take "no" for an answer 96Known for her adventures in: BrazilARUNIMA SINHA, The amputee athlete who climbed Mount Everest 98Known for her adventures in: the HimalayasMIRA RAI, The soldier running the world''s most challenging trail races 100Known for her adventures in: NepalLAURA DEKKER, The teenager who sailed solo around the earth 102Known for her adventures: Around the worldASHIMA SHIRAISHI, The teenager being called the best rock climber of all time 104Known for her adventures in: Around the worldJADE HAMEISTER, The polar explorer who hit back at bullies from the South Pole 106Known for her adventures in: the Arctic Circle and AntarcticaTHE SEEKERS 108Women who have journeyed in search of meaning,love, safety - the things that make a life.ISABEL GODIN, The noblewoman who became lost in the Amazon rainforest 110Known for her adventures in: the AmazonHESTER STANHOPE, The gentlewoman who became Queen of the Desert 112Known for her adventures in: SyriaALEXANDRA DAVID-NÉEL, The Buddhist opera singer who entered the forbidden city of Lhasa 114Known for her adventures in: TibetISABELLE EBERHARDT, The explosive writer who explored the Sahara Desert 116Known for her adventures in: AlgeriaROBYN DAVIDSON, The wanderer who crossed 1,700 miles of Australian desert to the Indian Ocean 118Known for her adventures in: AustraliaMANON OSSEVOORT, The adventurer who drove a tractor from Europe to the South Pole 120Known for her adventures in: Europe, Africa and AntarcticaNUJEEN MUSTAFA, The teenager who journeyed from war-torn Syria in a wheelchair 122Known for her adventures: Across EuropeGLOSSARY 124Back Matter: Indigenous people referenced in this book & a bit about geography 127Acknowledgments 128.