The Ladies’ Alpine Club, Embattled Collaboration and International Communities of Knowledge, 1907–39

This article considers the development of the Ladies’ Alpine Club from its inception until the Second World War through its Yearbooks, articles and lectures, as part of a community of knowledge which was devoted to international mountaineering. It argues that gendered communities of knowledge need to be thought of in terms of embattled collaboration as women drew on male expertise whilst fighting for recognition for their own contributions.