Great women travel writers : from 1750 to the present / edited by Alba Amoia and Bettina L. Knapp.

Contributor Amoia, Alba della Fazia.

Imprint:New York : Continuum, 2005.

Description304 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Includes some primary source material.

Note:Writers included: Princess Ekaterina (Catherine) Romanovna Vorontsova Dashkova (1743-1810) -- Friederike Brun (1765-1835) -- Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) -- Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865) -- Princess Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso (1808-1871) -- Fanny Lewald (1811-1889) -- Belle Marsh Poate (1847-1896) -- Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922) -- Daisy Bates (1859-1951) -- Edith Wharton (1862-1937) -- Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) -- Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969) -- Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) -- Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) (1885-1962) -- Freya Start (1893-1993) -- Hayashi Fumiko (1903-1951) -- Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) -- Xie Bingying (born Ming Gang) (1906-2000) -- Ruth Gruber (1911- ) -- Oriana fallaci (1930- ) -- Sharon Spencer (1933-2002) -- Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (1937- )

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-294) and index.

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