Of Lands, Legends, & Laughter: The Search for Adventure with National Geographic
Whether building a hut in Haiti, tracing Robert Louis Stevenson's footsteps in France, venturing into the interior of Tasmania, or bringing reports of Churchill's funeral to the world, Carolyn Bennett Patterson's story is one of a remarkable woman.
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For more than a century, National Geographic has helped shape our view of the world through pictures and prose. In 1949 Carolyn Bennett Patterson joined the Geographic as a research assistant, eventually becoming the first woman editor of the magazine. As the "Lady of the Legends", Patterson wrote and edited the captions that accompanied the magazine's world-famous photographs. Patterson traveled all over the world living a life of adventure, pushing the bounds of women's rights and helping to shape an international institution. Whether building a hut in Haiti, tracing Robert Louis Stevenson's footsteps in France, venturing into the interior of Tasmania or bringing reports of Churchill's funeral to the world, her story is one of a remarkable woman.
