"On May 19, 1912, after 27 days of climbing, Dora (one month shy of her 41st birthday) became the first person to reach the top of Mount Blackburn. When she got home, people flocked to her lectures and photo presentations about her climb. She used her platform to advocate for women’s rights and philanthropic causes. ... END NOTE: In the 1960’s, determined that the highest summit of Mount Blackburn wasn’t actually the eastern side that Dora (and George) climbed but the Western peak which is taller by 200 feet. However, the eastern route is much longer and harder, so many guides today still give her credit for this first ascent."
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Dora Keen
(June 24, 1871 – January 31, 1963) was an American traveler, in Europe and North America, photographer, explorer, lecturer, writer, social worker, philanthropist, and women's rights activist. After a failed first attempt with Reuben Frederick McClellan and three other men (but without George William Handy) in 1911, she and George W. Handy became in 1912 the first two people to reach the top of . (In the , Mount Blackburn is called K’ats’ił Ta’aene.) Dora Keen and George W. Handy married in 1916
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