THE INDEPENDENT: The audacious Wordsworth who put mountaineering on the map in the 19th century

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William Wordsworth’s sister Dorothy tackled Scafell Pike at a time when it was frowned upon for women to walk by themselves – let alone in the remote uplands

Period9 Sept 2018

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Keywords

  • Dorothy Wordsworth
  • mountaineering