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The First Woman to Climb Mount Everest

History Daily

May 16 2024 • 16 mins

May 16, 1975. Junko Tabei, a Japanese mountaineer, author and teacher, becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. This episode originally aired in 2022.


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