This is amazing Emily. Women in history shouldn't be a mystery. Thank you and Stu for putting Sheila Macdonald back on the map. Bravo from me and Nellie Bly
This article is factually incorrect and robs the actual first woman to climb the mountain of her due. Estella Latham climbed it in 1925. Stella Point is named for her.
Hi Kathleen, most of this article is a direct source reproduced with kind permission from the Alpine Club. If you click on the link to the full original article in the Alpine Club Journal (above) you'll see that there was much discussion at the time about whether Estella had a earlier claim. It includes: "Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Latham reached a point now called in her honour Stella Point, and do not themselves claim to have been to the summit." Hope this is helpful.
This is amazing Emily. Women in history shouldn't be a mystery. Thank you and Stu for putting Sheila Macdonald back on the map. Bravo from me and Nellie Bly
This is so interesting, thanks for drawing these details out! Great read whilst on a tea break from work
Just adding this account about Gertrude Benham who also only reached the crater rim: https://ilab.org/fr/article/gertrude-emily-benham-1867-1938-english-mountaineer-traveller-and-collector
This article is factually incorrect and robs the actual first woman to climb the mountain of her due. Estella Latham climbed it in 1925. Stella Point is named for her.
Hi Kathleen, most of this article is a direct source reproduced with kind permission from the Alpine Club. If you click on the link to the full original article in the Alpine Club Journal (above) you'll see that there was much discussion at the time about whether Estella had a earlier claim. It includes: "Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Latham reached a point now called in her honour Stella Point, and do not themselves claim to have been to the summit." Hope this is helpful.