Fanny Bullock Workman
American geographer, cartographer, explorer, travel writer, and mountaineer (1859-1925) · United States · On the map · Historical Figures · Died at 66
Fanny Bullock Workman was an American mountaineer, explorer, cartographer, and travel writer known for her expeditions in the Himalayas and the Karakoram.
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Fanny Workman learned her love of climbing on Mount Washington.
Portrait of Fanny and William
Fanny Bullock Workman on her bicycle tour of India (c. 1897)![Workman with climbing gear. As one commentator writes, "even though pantaloons were acceptable sporting women's dress at the time, Workman wore skirts - while cycling thousands of miles across Europe and Asia, climbing Himalayan peaks, and negotiating crevasses."[24]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Fanny_bullock_workman_d_1922.jpg/500px-Fanny_bullock_workman_d_1922.jpg)
Workman with climbing gear. As one commentator writes, "even though pantaloons were acceptable sporting women's dress at the time, Workman wore skirts - while cycling thousands of miles across Europe and Asia, climbing Himalayan peaks, and negotiating crevasses."[24]
Mount Kun (center) and Pinnacle Peak (left) from the Suru Valley
Workman on the Silver Throne Plateau holding up a newspaper that reads "Votes for Women"About this person
One of the first women to pursue mountaineering as a professional career, she combined exploration with scientific observation and published detailed accounts of her journeys. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries she set several women's altitude records and advocated for women's suffrage and women's participation in exploration and science.
