Pioneer Geographers: Intrepid and Travelers (18th to 20th Century)

An ongoing concern in our discipline is to recover the contributions made to academia and society by women geographers who remain in oblivion. In this research, we have brought to light and rescued those who were trailblazers in Geography and who, probably, were models and examples for other women. After an intensive information search, forty-two women geographers from various parts of the world have been identified. With their names; year of birth and death; country of origin; awards or membership in geographical associations; contributions to academia or to society; and places explored, we have created a database that allows us to establish relationships between their biographies. The results obtained from this analysis have been structured in four sections: pioneering students and teachers in Geography, recognition by geographical societies, scientific contributions to academia and society, and places visited analyzed from a geographical perspective. Most probably, it is possible that not all of them are included, so the authors will continue their search to make them visible and prevent them from being forgotten.