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Fanny Bullock Workman

Fanny Bullock Workman (1859–1925) was an American geographer, cartographer, explorer, travel writer, and mountaineer, notably in the Himalaya. She was one of the first female professional mountaineers; she not only explored but also wrote about her adventures. She set several women's altitude records, published eight travel books with her husband, and championed women's rights and women's suffrage. Educated in the finest schools available to women, she was introduced to climbing in New Hampshire. She married William Hunter Workman, and traveled the world with him. The couple had two children, but left them in schools and with nurses. Workman saw herself as a New Woman who could equal any man. The Workmans wrote books about each trip and Workman frequently commented on the state of the lives of women that she saw. They explored several glaciers and conquered several mountains of the Himalaya, eventually reaching 23,000 feet (7,000 m), a women's altitude record at the time. Workman became the first woman to lecture at the Sorbonne and the second to speak at the Royal Geographical Society. She received many medals of honor and was recognized as one of the foremost climbers of her day. (Full article...)

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A view of Jaffa, including the bell tower of St. Peter's Church and the minaret of Al-Bahr Mosque, from the Tel Aviv Promenade. An ancient port city in what is now southern Tel Aviv-Yafo, Jaffa is mentioned in the Bible several times in association with the stories of Solomon, Jonah, and Saint Peter. The town was captured by various groups over several millennia, including Arabs, Crusaders, Egyptians, the Ottoman Empire, the French, and British. During the British Mandate tensions arose between the mostly-Jewish population of Tel Aviv and the mostly-Muslim population of Jaffa, and conflict broke out in the late 1940s when the port town was to be included in the new Israeli state. In 1950, Jaffa was merged into Tel Aviv.

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