Moving mountains: intrepid women climbers and the peaks named in their honour

Rosemary Brown is at the Royal Geographical Society on Monday 9 November, talking about the women who climbed their way into the history books. The lecture is called Moving mountains: intrepid women climbers and the peaks named in their honour, and it's part of the Society's Be Inspired afternoon series.

Brown is drawing from her book of the same name, which she's also taking to the Kendal Mountain Festival and the Globetrotters' Club. In it, she introduces nine extraordinary women mountaineers from the 18th century to the present day—climbers who pushed through extreme altitudes, blizzards, avalanches and rampant discrimination to earn an honour long reserved for men and monarchs: having a peak named after them. Those names now sit on summits all over the world, from the Alps to the Andes, the Rockies to the Karakoram.

The talk takes place in the Education Centre at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR, and it's available both in person and online. The Society itself was founded in 1830 and is the UK's leading centre for geography and exploration, with its historic headquarters on Exhibition Road in South Kensington. Its collections hold over two million maps, photographs, books and artefacts documenting centuries of discovery, which it opens to the public through research, education and exhibitions.

It runs from 2.30pm to 3.45pm, with doors opening at 2.00pm. Entry is free for both members and non-members, though you'll need to book in advance.