The River Ladies of the Grand Canyon.

Botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter changed the stereotype of women in botany when they found a love for not the delicate flowers, but the cacti with thorns and the vegetation that thrived in the most inhospitable environments. They set out to do something that had never been done before, to be the first women to boat the entirety of the Colorado River and map out the flora of the Grand Canyon. If successful, they would be the first women to ever survive the trip.

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Sources:
Book: Brave the Wild River: Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon.

Women in Science at Grand Canyon (U.S. National Park Service)

These Two Botanists Put Their Lives on the Line on the Colorado River All for Their Science