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"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."--Amelia Earhart "I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others."--Amelia Earhart |
By DAW
Harriet Chalmers Adams was, and continues to be, a popular subject for writers. Many of her experiences are chronicled in the works referenced here. Learn more about Harriet Chalmers Adams - the premier woman explorer of her time!
Adams, Mildred. "Up and Down the World." The Woman’s Journal n.s. 15 (Jan 1930): 12-14
Brown, C.B. "Far-traveled Woman." Sunset 36 (Apr 1916): 39
Crosby, Susan. Harriet Chalmers Adams. Thesis, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California, May 1983.
Davis, M. Kathryn. The Forgotten Life of Harriet Chalmers Adams: Geographer, Explorer, Feminist. Masters Thesis, California State University, San Francisco, April 1995.
Downing, Margaret B. Article in Jacksonville, Florida, Sunday Times Union (May 10, 1914).
"Harriet Chalmers Adams, Our Fabulous Foremother." California History Magazine, (Mar 1, 1987): 32-3
Howard, Eric, article in a series, "Famous Californians," San Francisco Call-Post (June 16, 1923), reprinted in the Stockton Daily Herald (June 19, 1923).
James, Edward T. Ed. Notable American Women, 1607-1950. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1971.
Lawrence, Walter F. "A Lady of Pan-America." Midpacific Magazine (Aug 1913).
Martin, V. Covert. Stockton Album: Through the Years. Stockton, CA: Siard Printing Company, 1959.
Society of Woman Geographers. In Memory of Harriet Chalmers Adams. Washington, D.C.: 1938.
"South America through a Woman’s Eyes." San Francisco Chronicle (Aug 12, 1906): 8
Tinling, Marion. Women into the Unknown. Greenwood Press, Inc., 1989
Tisdale, Blanche. "California Woman’s Saddle Trip through Central and South America." San Francisco Chronicle (Oct 27, 1907): 3
Tisdale, Blanch. "A California Woman among the Indians of Pagaonia and Tierra del Fuego." San Francisco Chronicle (Nov 3, 1907)
Wharton, Elna H. "A Woman Turns Geographer." The Forecast, America’s Leading Food Magazine (July 1930).
Who Was Who in America, Volume 1, 1897-1942. Chicago: The A.N. Marquis Company, 1942
An obituary appeared in the New York Times, on July 18, 1937.
Clippings of a number of articles by and about Harriet Chalmers Adams can be found in the Harriet Chalmers Adams scrapbooks located in the Stockton-Swan Joaquin Public Library in Stockton, California.
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| Women Who Dared II |
 A beautiful and inspirational poster with pictures and short vignettes of "women who dared." |
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| American Experience: Around the World in 72 Days (1997) |
 PBS Home Video. Many called her "the best reporter in America," and Nellie Bly truly achieved amazing successes. She got herself committed to an institution to expose abuses of the mentally ill and actually did travel around the world in 72 days. Discover the woman behind these and many other astonishing feats -- a serious yet spunky celebrity who mastered life through her cunning and wit. |
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| The Hawaiian Archipelago |
 By Isabella Bird. Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. |
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| Women of Discovery |
 A Celebration of Intrepid Women Who Explored the World by Milbry Polk, Mary Tiegreen. Across the centuries and from many lands, women have set forth on journeys of exploration. Visionaries, adventurers, artists, and scientists, these women challenged the limitations, both physical and social, of their times and, in the face of formidable challenges, expanded the world's body of knowledge. Yet despite their extraordinary achievements, they have remained unknown and unsung for too long. |
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| Amelia Earhart : A Biography |
 By Doris L. Rich. "Rich's portrait reveals a determined, independent woman, brave enough "to go where no one had gone and to do what no one had done" . . . [and] illuminates the public and private life of a legendary flier, bringing her back to earth as a courageous woman who dreamed and dared all." (Christian Science Monitor) |