The Greatest Woman Traveller

Despite women being as adventurous as men when it comes to travelling, it’s the men who’ve gone down in history while the women have largely been forgotten.

Here at Wanderlust we wanted to redress the balance, so we asked you to vote for your top woman traveller of all time.

Here are the results:

1) Gertrude Bell - 19%

2) Ellen Macarthur - 16%

2) Freya Stark - 16%

4) Dervla Murphy - 15%

5) Mary Henrietta Kingsley - 10%

6) Alexandra David-Neel - 9%

7) Isabella Bird - 7%

8) Amelia Earhart - 6%

Among the people you thought we'd missed from our list of nominees were:

Christina Dodwell

Hannah McKeand

Beryl Markham

Mary Slessor

Martha Gelhorn

Lady Jane Digby

Gertrude Benham

Thanks for all your votes and comments.

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