Difference between revisions of "Isobel Gunn"
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Employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, noted for having passed herself as a man (John Fubbister), thereby becoming, not just a pioneer of feminism, but the first European woman to travel to Rupert's Land, now part of Western Canada. Only became known as a woman after she gave birth at Pembina, North West Territories, during an expedition, which startled her co-workers. She was renamed Mary Fubbister, and sent back to Albany, New York and eventually back to her home in the Orkneys. Her life story was made into a documentary film, 'Orkney Lad (The): The Story of Isabel Gunn' (2001). | Employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, noted for having passed herself as a man (John Fubbister), thereby becoming, not just a pioneer of feminism, but the first European woman to travel to Rupert's Land, now part of Western Canada. Only became known as a woman after she gave birth at Pembina, North West Territories, during an expedition, which startled her co-workers. She was renamed Mary Fubbister, and sent back to Albany, New York and eventually back to her home in the Orkneys. Her life story was made into a documentary film, 'Orkney Lad (The): The Story of Isabel Gunn' (2001). | ||
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| + | * [[LGBTQ Explorers and Adventurers]] | ||
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:43, 9 November 2014
Country
Canada
Birth - Death
1780 - 1861
Occupation
Explorer
Description
Employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, noted for having passed herself as a man (John Fubbister), thereby becoming, not just a pioneer of feminism, but the first European woman to travel to Rupert's Land, now part of Western Canada. Only became known as a woman after she gave birth at Pembina, North West Territories, during an expedition, which startled her co-workers. She was renamed Mary Fubbister, and sent back to Albany, New York and eventually back to her home in the Orkneys. Her life story was made into a documentary film, 'Orkney Lad (The): The Story of Isabel Gunn' (2001).
