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==Country==
 
==Country==
  
New Zealand
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Australia
  
 
==Birth - Death==
 
==Birth - Death==
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Sports
 
Sports
  
==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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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.
  
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.summitpost.org/finding-freda-du-faur/188031
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* http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/du-faur-emmeline-freda-6025
  
==Description==
 
  
Mountaineer. First woman to climb New Zealand's Mount Cook, which caused an international sensation. Wrote a book about it.
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Latest revision as of 12:34, 13 May 2014

Freda du Faur

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.

Further Reading/Research



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