Isabella Bird1831-1904 Isabella Bird spent much of her life as a world traveler. Her first published books, "The Englishwoman in America" (1856) and "Aspects of Religion in the United States" (1859), were both best-sellers and described her first experience in our “new world.” Fascinated by Colorado, she wrote A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, which vividly portrays her journey up Longs Peak, her two-room cabin home in Estes Park, and the 3,000-mile horseback trip she took across the Front Range. Willing to endure rough conditions and harsh weather in the spirit of travel, Bird became one of the foremost travel writers of all time; yet she remained a modest woman. In 1892 she became the first woman elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. |
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