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Pathfinders: AMC Women in the Outdoors

Celebrating Women's History Month
Women's History Month began in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 authorizing the president to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as Women's History Week. In 1987, after petitioning from the National Women's History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9, designating the month of March as Women's History Month. Today, Women's History Month commemorates and encourages the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role women have played in American history. Here we celebrate our own AMC women as they forged ahead with outdoor pursuits in the early 20th century.

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Snowshoers at Madison Spring Hut
Snowshoeing at Madison
Woman standing with an ice axe
Ladies Who Climb
Camping party
Party at Perch Camp
Hikers admiring the view
Admiring the View
A man and woman walking together on three snowshoes
Improvising #1
Three climbers connected by rope, crossing an icefield
Crossing an Icefield
Snowshoers on a mountain summit
Snowshoers Atop Mt Clinton
Hikers on a bridge
Hikers at 19 Mile Brook
Two women sliding in snow
Sliding at Lake Agnes
Nine snowshoers at Madison Spring Hut
Party at Madison Spring Hut
Two men and two women snowshoeing
Snowshoeing on Cap Tourmente
Three women and four men hiking
Hiking on Tate Mountain
Three women and four men hiking
Skirting Boulders
Guests dining outside
Dining at Carter Notch Hut
A woman holding an ice axe
Woman With an Axe to Climb
Snowshoers in front of an ice fountain
At the Ice Fountain
Hikers pose for a photograph
On the Trail at Lake Linda
Hikers connected by a rope
A Slippery Slope
Agnes Dodge on Ship Rock
Balancing on Ship Rock
Snowshoers in the woods
Snowshoers in the Woods
A party of snowshoers
Snowshoeing at Tip Top
Group standing in front of Lakes of the Clouds Hut
An Unexpected Storm
AMC rock climbers
AMC Rock Climbers
Woman ascending a hill in snowshoes
Excursion to Randolph
Two women use a rope to cross a steep patch
Negotiating a Steep Patch. In Skirts.
Milton E. MacGregor stands with a group from Camp Aloha
Camp Aloha at Lakes
A hiker looks east from the summit of Speckled Mountain
View from Speckled Mountain
A hiker stands at a cave
Vermont Walking Trip
Two men and a woman standing on a boulder
Standing on the Cow
A female hiker on Mount Adams
Winter Hiking on Adams
A woman climbing in snow
Winter Hiking on Washington
A woman admiring the view
View from Cannon
Five hikers sitting beneath a trail sign
Eyeing the Descent?
A man looking through binoculars
Taking in the View
Hikers crossing a rocky stream
A Precarious Crossing
Four women hikers post for a photograph
Four Hikers in Maine
A woman skiing across a snowfield
Skiing in Tuckerman Ravine
Two women on a rock
A Narrow Predicament
Two women on a rock
Hiking the Bubbles
Women climbing iron rungs on a trail
Nearing the Top
Emilie Klug at AMC Lakes of the Clouds Hut
Hiking in the Presidentials
A woman crossing the knife edge
Crossing the Knife Edge
Emilie Klug at AMC Lakes of the Clouds Hut
On the Hunt
A woman seated on a rocky outcrop
Mt Katahdin
Marjorie Hurd ascending a rocky slope
Alpine Excursion
A female hiker looking out over a mountain lake
Trekking in the Alps
A female climber admires the view
Z’Mutt Glacier, Switzerland
A group of hikers at North Bubble
Acadia National Park
Hikers on the road to Mount Katahdin
On the Road to Katahdin
A woman on snowshoes
Snowshoeing at the Flume
Miriam Underhill crossing a chasm between two rock faces on ropes
Nerves of Steel #1
A rock climber reaches the top of a cliff
Rock Climbing
Five skiers in a line, holding hands and descending a hill
Line Skiing
An early trail crew
Cutting the A.T.
A rock climber reaches the top of a cliff
Nerves of Steel #2
Esther Goodale rappelling down a cliff
Rappelling on Tumbledown
Miss Louise Maltby in improvised water-proofs
Improvising #2
A hiker standing on rocks at the edge of a pond
Hiking at Nancy Pond
Anna E. Holman and guide Fritz
Pennine Alps Excursion
Three snowshoers
Snowshoeing on Boott Spur
Hikers sitting and standing beside a logging camp cabin
August Camp
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