Annie Smith Peck (1850-1935), one of the first women to become a college professor in the U.S., took up mountain climbing in her forties and continued to climb well into her eighties. She gained international fame in 1895 when she first summited the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps in pants, was the first mountaineer to conquer Mount Huascarán in Peru, and hung a “Votes for Women” banner on her summit of Mount Coropuna in 1909. UNLADYLIKE2020 brings her story of audacity and adventure back to life through rare archival imagery, captivating original artwork and animation, and interviews with Hannah Kimberley, author of A Woman’s Place is at the Top: A Biography of Annie Smith Peck, Queen of the Climbers, and mountaineer Vanessa O’Brien, who holds a Guinness World Record for completing the Seven Summits in 295 days.
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