Dora Keen
1871–1963
American traveller and alpinist. Third daughter of William Williams and Emma Corinna Borden Keen. Graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1896. Climbed ten peaks in the Austrian Alps in 1909; made the first ascent of Mount Blackburn, Alaska, in 1912. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London, 1914.
Sources
Miller 2000, pp. 55–79
New international encyclopedia 2d ed.
Bibliography
Miller, Dorcas S. 2000. Adventurous women: the inspiring lives of nine early outdoorswomen. Boulder, Colo.: Pruett Publishing Company.
New international encyclopedia 2d ed. Edited by Frank Moore Colby and Talcott Williams. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1914–30.
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