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Intrepid Women - Mary Kingsley and Isabella Bird
Mary Kingsley's Travels in West Africa (first published in 1897) and Isabella Bird's A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (first published in 1879)
Programme includes: Mary Kingsley's Travels in West Africa (first published in 1897) and Isabella Bird's A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (first published in 1879) Also, writer Elizabeth Jane Howard on adapting Something in Disguise for TV; the Warsaw Chamber Opera's production of Hayden's Lo Speziale. Presented by Natalie Wheen.
Picture: Rocky Mountains, Credit: Getty Images
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Adventurous Women—Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
From explorers to aviation pioneers, hear stories of intrepid women across the globe
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
