Ally Rose

“I want that freedom to move around outdoors, to do so without always feeling watched, threatened, restricted, or accountable to someone. To not be a babe—innocent or lusty. To just be in the woods.”
― Lilace Mellin Guignard, When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America

“these were the experiences I wanted my son to remember. The mother I wanted him to know. The mother I wanted to be.”
― Lilace Mellin Guignard, When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America

“And there are people, strangers at first, who end up bringing you the faith and perspective you never quite realized you were missing. So it was for me Downeast.”
― Gigi Georges, Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America

“Many women who become mothers continue to alpine climb, surf big waves, ski steep remote slopes, fight wildfires, and more. And why shouldn’t they?”
― Lilace Mellin Guignard, When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America