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Seawomen of Iceland - Survival on the Edge by Margaret Willson

Finalist for the 2017 Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction / HistoryThe plaque said this was the winter fishing hut of Thurídur Einarsdóttir, one of Iceland's greatest fishing captains, and that she lived from 1777 to 1863."Wait," anthropologist and...

Women, Captain, Rebel - The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain

By Margaret Willson John R. Lyman Maritime Award - Second Place Biography A daring and magnificent historical narrative nonfiction account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality―and who also solved one of...