Fanny Bullock Workman (1859–1925) was an American
geographer,
cartographer, explorer,
travel writer, and
mountaineer. Together with her husband, William Hunter Workman, she traveled by bicycle through Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Algeria and India; after taking up climbing in the
Himalayas, she set a
women's altitude record on
Pinnacle Peak, reaching 23,000 feet (7,000 m). She published eight travel books, with particular focus on the lives of women in the countries she visited, and championed women's rights and
women's suffrage.
Photograph: Maull & Fox; restoration: Adam Cuerden