There is a very full review of ‘Voices from the hills: pioneering women fell and mountain runners’, on the UKHillwalking website. Keri Wallace says that:

This important book is incredibly detailed, outlining the many sporting achievements of early pioneers …… encompassing everything from the Olympics to the Bob Graham Round.

The review goes on to explain the historical context and the problems that women had, such as: ‘only 50 years ago women were unable to compete in traditional mo...