Breaking Into the Current
Boatwomen of the Grand Canyon
by Louise Teal
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appears in About Colorado.
In 1973, Marilyn Sayre gave up her job as a computer programmer and became the first woman in twenty years to run a commercial boat through the Grand Canyon. Georgie White had been the first, back in the 1950s, but it took time before other women broke into guiding passengers down the Colorado River. This book profiles eleven of the first fullseas...
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