Solitary travelers

By Lila Marz Harper

Subjects: Women authors, Travelers' writings, English, Bird, isabella l. (isabella lucy), 1831-1904, English prose literature, Travelers' writings, history and criticism, Kingsley, mary henrietta, 1862-1900, Travel writing, Science in literature, British, History and criticism, Martineau, harriet, 1802-1876, Wollstonecraft, mary, 1759-1797, History, Women and literature, Women travelers, English prose literature, history and criticism, Travel, Literature and science

Description: "Solidary Travelers brings new insight into the study of women's roles in natural history and travel writing. It examines the life and works of four women over approximately a century: Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Martineau, Isabella Bird Bishop, and Mary Kingsley, and considers their work in terms of professional ambition in the field of natural history, making a case in the process for the inclusion of such popular texts in the history of science."--BOOK JACKET.