Monday, October 24, 2011

October 24 Birthday: Alexandra David-Neel


Alexandra David-Neel, explorer
Oct. 24, 1868-Sept. 8, 1969

Far Beyond the Gate: Alexandra David-Neel's Journey to Lhasa by Don Brown (Houghton Mifflin, 2002)

David-Neel did not represent the norm. This intrepid Victorian traveler and opera singer gloried in journeying to remote parts of the world. She became  and the first Western woman to enter Lhasa, Tibet in 1924.

A bio on Alexandra David-Neel's web site offers additional info.