In 1895 Annie Smith Peck created a stir when she scaled a mountain called the Matterhorn, which is located in the Swiss and Ital
ian Alps. It wasn’t her climbing accomplishment that gained attention so much as the fact that she wore pants instead of a skirt! At the time, women could be arrested for wearing trousers in public. Name at least one other mountain that this bold adventurer climbed
Another mountain that has been climbed by Annie Smith Peck is the <u>Pico de Orizaba.</u>
<h3>Who was Annie Smith Peck?</h3>
She was an adventurer who believed that women could be just as physical as men.
To this end, she climbed several mountains including the aforementioned Matterhorn. She also climbed the third highest mountain in North America, the Pico de Orizaba.
