Difference between revisions of "Freda du Faur"
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==Country== | ==Country== | ||
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Sports | Sports | ||
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| + | Mountaineer. First woman to climb New Zealand's highest peak, Mount Cook, and in a record time of six hours, which caused an international sensation given the restrictions placed on Edwardian women at the time. Even her mountaineering dress - a skirt worn to just below the knee over knickerbockers and long puttees - was contrary to gender expectations of the time. Given her attraction to other women, and the fact she was an unmarried woman partaking in a gentleman's endeavor at the time, added fuel to the fire. Wrote a book about her adventures, 'The Conquest of Mount Cook and Other Climbs' (1915). Had a long term relationship with Muriel Cadogan. The main divide of the Southern Alps, Du Faur, Pibrac and Cadogan Peaks are named in memory of this pioneering mountaineer. | ||
| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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| + | * http://www.summitpost.org/finding-freda-du-faur/188031 | ||
| + | * http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/du-faur-emmeline-freda-6025 | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:34, 13 May 2014
Country
Australia
Birth - Death
1882 - 1935
Occupation
Sports
Description
Mountaineer. First woman to climb New Zealand's highest peak, Mount Cook, and in a record time of six hours, which caused an international sensation given the restrictions placed on Edwardian women at the time. Even her mountaineering dress - a skirt worn to just below the knee over knickerbockers and long puttees - was contrary to gender expectations of the time. Given her attraction to other women, and the fact she was an unmarried woman partaking in a gentleman's endeavor at the time, added fuel to the fire. Wrote a book about her adventures, 'The Conquest of Mount Cook and Other Climbs' (1915). Had a long term relationship with Muriel Cadogan. The main divide of the Southern Alps, Du Faur, Pibrac and Cadogan Peaks are named in memory of this pioneering mountaineer.
