Harriet, with her camera at the ready, visited many countries with her husband.
In 1900 she undertook her first expedition with her husband. The three year trip was to South America where they visited every country. She crossed the Andes on horseback. Gave first lecture to National Geographical Society (NGS).
Her next voyage followed Christopher Columbus’s first discoveries between Europe and America visiting every country that had a Spanish or Portuguese colony.
She was a correspondent for Harper’s magazine in Europe during the First World War. She was the first American journalist to visit the French trenches.
In 1935 , with her husband, she did a second extended trip to South America.
During her lifetime she wrote 21 articles for the NGS. Her colour photographs and adventurous travel style earned her numerous invitations to speak across the world by organizations who had never before asked a woman to speak…
Harriet was the first president of the Society of Woman Geographers (1925-33).
Sources
Wikipedia
Standing on her Shoulders by Monica Clark-Robinson
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