WILD WOMEN: EMPOWERING STORIES FROM WOMEN WHO WORK IN NATURE

Wild Woman : Empowering Stories from Women who Work in Nature - Philippa Forrester - 9781399400862

An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and work in the wild.

Philippa Forrester considers the grit and determination required for women to maintain connections to wildlife. And how to succeed in the traditionally male-dominated fields of conservation and environmental biology. She shares stories of female conservation heroes.And other extraordinary wild women working in nature . She also investigates the ways in which the natural world is a vital 'medicine' for our mental health.

Talking to women from around the world, Philippa studies and celebrates what it means to be a wild woman. From the sixteenth-century botanist who was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. To modern-day women responding to bear attacks in Yellowstone. Or working to rewild reserves in South Africa, photographing Caribou in the Arctic and more. Philippa examines how these women benefit from a life spent in the wilderness and also considers what the natural world gains from them.

Relating some of her own experiences Philippa asks: what does it take for a woman to live or work in the wild?