Founded in 1904, the Explorers Club exclusively admitted men, highlighting a historical exclusion of women in exploration. Notable members include Roald Amundsen and Sir Edmund Hillary. Frank Schreider, an accomplished explorer, and his wife, Helen, were pioneers in their own right, traveling the Americas in an amphibious jeep and documenting their journeys. Helen Schreider's remarkable contributions were recognized only in 2015 when she was inducted into the club, nearly 60 years after her husband. Faanya Rose, the first female president of the club, acknowledged her passion for exploration amidst the lack of recognition for women.
At its founding in 1904, the international Explorers Club stated clearly that membership was limited absolutely to men, a fraternity of the hearty who blazed new routes through the open and the wild places of the earth.
It wasn't until 2015, 59 years after her husband, that Ms. Schreider was belatedly inducted into the Explorers Club herself, once it had dropped its gender barrier.
Faanya Rose, the club's first woman president, told her: You went exploring knowing there was no accolade for women. It was just the pure passion and the pure curiosity.
Ms. Schreider, a former art student who always traveled with a drawing pad and colored pencils to record her wide-ranging explorations, died on Feb. 6 in Santa Rosa, Calif. She was 98.
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