Background
Polk, Milbry Catherine was born on February 24, 1954 in Oxford, England. Daughter of William Roe Polk and Joan Alison Cooledge. came to the United States, 1956.
(Across the centuries and from many lands, women have set ...)
Across the centuries and from many lands, women have set forth on journeys of exploration. Visionaries, adventurers, artists, and scientists, these women challenged the limitations, both physical and social, of their times and, in the face of formidable challenges, expanded the world's body of knowledge. Yet despite their extraordinary achievements, they have remained unknown and unsung for too long. No longer. The stories of more than eighty extraordinary explorers and adventurers are vividly recounted and stunningly illustrated in Women of Discovery. Here for the first time are gathered the tales of early voyagers, such as the valiant tenth-century Viking adventurer Unn the Deep Minded and seventeenth-century Spanish conquistadora Catalina de Erauso. Intrepid explorers like Mary Kingsley in Africa, Alexandra David-Neel in Tibet, and Freya Stark in the Middle East traveled fearlessly into the blank spaces on the map. Artist explorers, including the great botanical painter Anna Maria Sibylla Merian in Surinam, writer Zora Neale Hurston in Haiti, and photographer Ruth Robertson in South America, captured in their art the beauty and mystery of exotic lands. Many brave women have ventured into extreme environments to bring back knowledge, whether they were aviators like Amelia Earhart, mountaineers like Annie Smith Peck, or Arctic explorers like Irina and Valentina Kuznetsova. And the annals of science would be far poorer without the work of such women as primatologists Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, ethnobotanist Nicole Maxwell, and ichthyologist Eugenie Clark. This is truly a gathering of heroines, full of tales of courage, talent, intelligence, and sheer determination. With a foreword by renowned journalist Christiane Amanpour, Women of Discovery is a remarkable book, an achievement in its own right, and certain to thrill anyone captivated by the world-changing drama of exploration.
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Polk, Milbry Catherine was born on February 24, 1954 in Oxford, England. Daughter of William Roe Polk and Joan Alison Cooledge. came to the United States, 1956.
Student, University London, 1972. Student, Los Angeles Combe, 1968. Bachelor in Anthropology with honors, Harvard University, 1976.
Education and special projects staff American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1977-1979. Expedition leader, photographer National Geography Society Exploration of Egyptian Western Desert, Egypt, 1979. Staff writer 10964, Palisades, New York, since 1990.
Founder, director Virtual Xplorations Web Site, 1996—2000. Director Wings Trust 1992-2005, Wings WorldQuest, since 2004. Commercial photographer.
Film Festival; lecturer in field. Lecturer George Polk Awards Committee.
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(Across the centuries and from many lands, women have set ...)
Member journalism advisory committee George Polk Awards. Member board visitors New York Academy Medicine, 1996-1900. Founder, board directors InterCulture, Inc., Fort Worth.
Board directors Children's Shakespeare Theatre. Executive council New York Hall of Science. Fellow Youth Festival, Explorers Club.
Event producer Wings Women Discovery awards. Member Students on Ice-International Polar Year Arctic Youth Expedition, since 2007. Fellow Royal Canada Geography Society, Explorers Club, Society Woman Geographer, Wings World Quest (founder).
Member National Arts Club (board governors), Dutch Treat Club, Piermont Rowing Club, Masters Rowing Associate.
Married Phillip Allen Bauman, September 29, 1984. Children: Adelaide Elisabeth, Milbry Catherine, Mary Harding.