First U.S. Woman on Antarctica: Marylander Found Beauty, Hardship, Fame on '40s Expedition

(Washington Post) - Edith "Jackie" Ronne never intended to leave Bethesda. She had gone to Beaumont, Tex., in 1947, to see off her explorer husband as he and a volunteer crew headed to Antarctica to fill in the blanks on the map of the last continent. Continued

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