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The Olympia Branch of The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is pleased to offer this program through the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau.
During a 5,000 miles solo bicycle ride from southern California to Maine, Tessa Hulls heard the same thing daily: that a woman can’t travel alone.
Using historical photographs, documents and hand-drawn illustrations, Hulls takes participants into the lives of intrepid female adventurers who lived through the turn of the 20th century – before the right to vote or the right to own property.
She began researching other women who traveled sold in different ways, and became fascinated with many stories from the 20th century: explorers, mountaineers and even a circus performer – women who defied expectations and embarked on unprecedented journeys, but whose stories have remained largely untold.
Tessa Hulls is a multidisciplinary artist, writer and outdoorswoman who focuses on women’s stories, and her writing has appeared in the Washington Post and Atlas Obscura’s Kickass Women’s series.
To Register: Send email to: olympia@aauw-wa.org
