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A Woman's Place Is at the Top: A Biography of Annie Smith Peck, Queen of the Climbers
By Kimberley, Hannah
- ISBN
- 9781250084002 9781250105813
- Publisher
- St. Martin's
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Reviewed on June 15, 2017 | Arts and Humanities
Annie Smith Peck (1850–1935) is the most accomplished woman most readers have never heard of. With this debut, Kimberley does an excellent job of situating Peck in her time and place, late 19th- and early 20th-century America. Peck grew up in Providence at a time when women were expected to follow a well-established path to wife and motherhood. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1878 and receiving ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
