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Alec-Tweedie [née Harley], Ethel Brilliana [known as Mrs Alec-Tweedie] (1862–1940), travel writer

Ethel Alec-Tweedie (1860-1940) set off on her travels following the deaths of her father, her husband and both of her sons. Like many women travellers she challenged conventions and in her first book – A girl’s ride in Iceland (1889) – she sparked a "war, on what proved to be a very vexed subject," by championing the right of women to sit astride a horse rather than riding side-saddle. Her perceptions of local cultures and descriptions of the places she visited can be read afresh in A winter jaunt to Norway (1894); Through Finland in carts (1897); Mexico as I saw it (1901); and America as I saw it (1913). She also wrote Women the world over (19
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A Girl's Ride in Iceland

3.58 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1889 — 47 editions
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Through Finland in Carts

3.77 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1897 — 62 editions
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Mexico As I Saw It

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A Winter Jaunt to Norway

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1894 — 7 editions
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America as I saw it; or, Am...

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Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics a...

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Mexico: From Diaz to the Ka...

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Hyde Park Its History and R...

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Women and Soldiers

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The Maker of Modern Mexico:...

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“Kun me kesäyönä käymme kauniisiin lehtoihin ja järvien rantaniityille vihollinen on aina vieressämme, ja kun me soudamme tai purjehdimme järvillä suomalainen paholainen on jo kimpussamme. Kun me istumme hiljaa ruokapöydässä me tiedämme että vihollinen on tuolla pöydän alla, ja iltaisin parvekkeella ihaillessamme iltaruskon verenkarvaista rusotusta se tähyilee jo silmiämme ja korviamme. Täällä, tuolla ja kaikkialla – tuo Suomen kirous on aina läsnä. Se on hyvin pieni, väriltään sellainen että sitä tuskin erottaa, se on ovela ja viekas eikä pahaa-aavistamaton ulkomaalainen lainkaan tajua että kohta tuo alituinen ja miltei näkymätön seuralainen tulee ja vie mennessään mukavan olon ja miltei raunioittaa koko elämän. Tuota kurjimusta kutsutaan ruotsiksi nimellä mygga; suomeksi se on itikainen”
Ethel Alec-Tweedie, Through Finland in Carts

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