The River Ladies of the Grand Canyon.

Written By National Park After Dark

Botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter changed the stereotype of women in botany when they found a love for not the delicate flowers, but the cacti with thorns and the vegetation that thrived in the most inhospitable environments. They set out to do something that had never been done before, to be the first women to boat the entirety of the Colorado River and map out the flora of the Grand Canyon. If successful, they would be the first women to ever survive the trip.

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Sources

Book - Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon Hardcover by Melissa L. Seyiany

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