Jane Freshfield

Jane Freshfield
Born
Jane Quentin Crawford

(1814-07-05)5 July 1814
Patcham, Sussex, England
Died16 March 1901(1901-03-16) (aged 86)
East Grinstead, Sussex, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Climber, travel writer
Known forExploring the Swiss Alps
SpouseHenry Ray Freshfield
ChildrenDouglas Freshfield
ParentWilliam Crawford

Jane Freshfield (née Jane Quentin Crawford, publishing as "A Lady" and as Mrs Henry Freshfield; 5 July 1814 – 16 March 1901) was an English climber and travel writer. She was among the first British women to explore the Swiss Alps and encouraged others to do so.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Munson, James; Mullen, Richard (2010). The Smell Of The Continent: The British Discover Europe. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 9780330536820.
  2. ^ Roche, Clare A. (June 2015). The Ascent of Women: How Female Mountaineers Explored the Alps 1850-1900 (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ^ Palmowski, Jan (2002). "Travels with Baedeker: the Guidebook and the Middle Classes in Victorian and Edwardian Britain". In Koshar, Rudi (ed.). Histories of Leisure. Bloomsbury. p. 111. ISBN 9781845205447.