Charting a Life 

Bonda LewisIn Charting a Life, we travel with Isabella Bird (1831-1904), nurse, botanist, photographer, and vocal advocate for education of the poor, and wanderer of the world for 40 years. Through her courageous individualism and self-motivated outdoor adventures, she became the most published travel writer of the 19th century, in an era of almost universal repression of women’s activities and education. How did she accomplish what thousands of other women could not dream of?