Luella Agnes Owen Going Where No Lady Had Gone Before

Luella Agnes Owen was a female pioneer in the fields of speleology, geography, and geology. She viewed these three disciplines not as separate sciences, but as three branches of a scientific trinity-and she devoted much of her life to this trinity. Owen had to overcome many obstacles and defy some of the conventions of her time to become a scientist, but she became one of the world's leading authorities on caves at a time when such a career was unusual for a woman. She is believed to have explored more caves than any other woman, and more than most men, of her time.

About the author

Billie Holladay Skelley earned her bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has written several health-related articles for both professional and lay journals, but her writing crosses different genres and has appeared in various journals, magazines, and anthologies in print and online-ranging from the American Journal of Nursing to Chicken Soup for the Soul. An award-winning author, she has written thirteen books for children and teens. Her book, Ruth Law: The Queen of the Air, was selected to receive the 2021 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Children's Literature Award, and her book, Bass Reeves: Legendary Lawman of the Wild West, received a 2024 Will Rogers Medallion Award and a 2024 Spur Award.

Product details

• Authors: Billie Holladay Skelley
• Publisher: Crossing Time Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 24.01.2023
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > General, reference works
• EAN: 9781959489009
• ISBN: 978-1-959489-00-9
• Pages: 52
• Dimensions (packing): 15.7 x 23.5 x 0.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 277 g
• Series: Crossing Time Series > 1
• Subjects: female pioneer; Caves; Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Geschichte und Vergangenheit; Speleology