Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed

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Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed, also known as Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond, was a pioneering late-19th-century British mountaineer and photographer renowned for her Alpine ascents and early mountain films.

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instanceOf British person
film pioneer
human
mountaineer
photographer
alsoKnownAs Elizabeth Le Blond
Lizzie Le Blond
Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
fieldOfWork early cinema
mountaineering
photography
gender female
genre mountain photography
travel writing
hasSkill film direction
ice climbing
landscape photography
rock climbing
influenced early mountain filmmakers
later women mountaineers
languageUsed English
maritalName Le Blond
memberOf Alpine Club (London)
linked to: Alpine Club

Ladies’ Alpine Club
movement pioneering women in mountaineering
name Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed
nationality British
notableAchievement among the earliest to film in high mountain environments
among the first women to make significant winter ascents in the Alps
notableFor early mountain films
photographic documentation of Alpine landscapes
pioneering Alpine ascents in the late 19th century
winter mountaineering in the Alps
notableWork mountain films shot in the Alps
photographic albums of Alpine scenery
occupation filmmaker
mountaineer
photographer
writer
placeOfActivity Alps
Chamonix
Grindelwald
Switzerland
positionHeld president of the Ladies’ Alpine Club
spouseSurname Le Blond
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century

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Alpine Club hasNotableMember Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed
Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed name Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed