No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schäffer Warren - Softcover

Janice Sanford Beck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0921102828 ISBN 13: 9780921102823

Publisher: RMB | Rocky Mountain Books, 2006

Synopsis

Artist, photographer, writer, world traveler and, above all, explorer, Mary Sch?ffer Warren overcame the limited expectations of women at the turn of the nineteenth century in order to follow her dreams.Mary, born into a wealthy Quaker family in Pennsylvania, was a precocious child who excelled at school. She was much more interested in the arts and traveling. A trip across Canada in 1889 proved the turning point in Mary's life. Not only did she meet her future husband-doctor and botanist Charles Sch?ffer-she also fell hopelessly in love with the mountains.After Charles' death, Mary embarked on explorations into the Canadian Rockies at a time when it was not thought proper for a woman to do so. Her most famous trips of 1907 and 1908 resulted in the rediscovery of Maligne Lake and the highly regarded book Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies. Mary eventually settled in Banff and there married her handsome young guide Billy Warren.Since her death in 1937, she continues to inspire young people and women in particular.

About this title

About the Author:

Janice Sanford Beck has resided in five of Canada's ten provinces, but always returns to her spiritual home amid the mountains of her native Alberta. An outdoor enthusiast since childhood, her hiking credits include many extended trips into the Rockies which approximate many of Mary Sch?ffer's routes. Janice currently lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with her partner, Shawn, and their children.

About this edition

• Publisher: RMB | Rocky Mountain Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0921102828
• ISBN 13: 9780921102823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224