Libby Beaman

Libby Beaman
Libby Beaman
Born	Elizabeth Gertrude DuBois; 1844; Great Bend, Pennsylvania
Died	1934 (aged 89–90); Cincinnati, Ohio
Other names	Libby Beaman

Elizabeth Beaman (1844-1934), also known by her maiden name Elizabeth Gertrude DuBois, was the first non-Aleut woman to go to the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska. She was a naturalist, artist, mapmaker, and writer.^[1] Her year spent in Alaska produced a diary in which she wrote about her experiences during seal season. Not much is known of Beaman's later life, but her contributions to documenting her time in Alaska has established her as a woman who overcame societal norms and expectations.

^ Murray, John A. (May 7, 1992). A Republic of Rivers: Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Alaska and the Yukon. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-507605-9.

[1] Murray, John A. (May 7, 1992). A Republic of Rivers: Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Alaska and the Yukon. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-507605-9.

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Libby Beaman
Born	Elizabeth Gertrude DuBois 1844 (1844) Great Bend, Pennsylvania
Died	1934 (aged 89–90) Cincinnati, Ohio
Other names	Libby Beaman