Isabella bird
- 1. Isabella Bird By: Lily Dobbin
- 2. Early Life http://www.hotelstravel.com/uk.html She was born in United Kingdom,Yorshire,Ingland in 1831.
- 3. Operations In 1850 she had an operation to remove a tumor from her spine. http:// www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Programs-and-Services/Spine-Center/Anatomy-of-the-Spine/Curves-of-the-Spine.aspx
- 4. Travel She traveled to North America and stayed for several months in eastern Canada and the United States. http://www.wondercliparts.com/holidays/canada_day/canada_day_clipart.html http://hollyonthehill.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/school-makes-boy-remove-american-flag/
- 5. Father Father died in 1858. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird
- 6. Hawaii with Horses She learned how to ride a horse, it would help her with her backaches. http://www.thelongridersguild.com/word06.htm
- 7. Blizzard Isabella bird rode a horse through a blizzard with her eyes frozen shut. http://legitbabenames.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/
- 8. Japan From San Francisco Bird went to Japan, where she hired a young Japanese man of 18 to be her translator. http://www.uni.edu/becker/japanese.html
- 9. Marriage and Lose Shortly after Isabellas return her sister died from typhoid. Bird married the doctor who had taken care of her, Dr. John Bishop, in 1881. http://blog.asiahotels.com/asias-5-most-incredible-female-travelers/
- 10. Attacked She was attacked by a mob that called her a "foreign devil" and trapped her in the top floor of a house, which they then set on fire. http://photos.igougo.com/images/p304423-Black_Hills_SD-Old_House.jpg
- 11. Credits " Isabella Bird. " Encyclopedia of World Biography . 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 17 Jan. 2011 < http:// www.encyclopedia.com > . Jan, 17, 2011
Editor's Notes
- #3: She had a sister that was older than her in her childhood, but they did not see each other very much.
- #4: People say she had an operation but most people do not know why.
- #6: It was very sad when her father died because they spent a lot of time together.
- #7: She later on went on a travel with her horse and her horse broke 2 ribs.
- #8: That is when her horse lost 2 ribs.
- #9: She hired a translator so she did not have to learn Japanese.
- #10: Who had token care of her sister when was sick.
- #11: She was rescued at the last minute by a detachment of soldiers. At another place she was stoned and knocked unconscious. She then traveled into the mountains bordering Tibet before returning home in 1897.