Clara Ueland (front row, wearing a white dress) poses with other members of the Political Equality Club, ca. 1915.

Entrance hall of the Ueland family home, ca. 1900.

The Ueland family and a pony near their Minneapolis home, ca. 1895.

Clara Ueland, ca. 1890.

Clara Ueland, ca. 1918.

Personalized ice axe used by Cora Johnstone Best. The blade is inscribed with her name. Axes of this type were used by early mountaineers to cut steps in ice and snow. The broken handle pictured here would have originally been approximately four feet long. Used with the permission of the photographer, Cheryl Jacklin-Piraino.

Dr. Cora Johnstone Best (right) and mountaineer Conrad Kain standing atop a rocky outcropping near Starbird Glacier in British Columbia, Canada, 1923. The photo was taken by Best’s climbing partner, Audrey Shippam. The scene was photographed simultaneously by Byron Harmon, and his shot is the one of the most iconic pictures in Canadian Alpine history.

Autograph of Cora Best that reads, “Yours ‘till the bears get me, Cora Johnstone Best.” Found on the interior of a Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies pamphlet, ca. 1924.

Cora Johnstone Best lead-climbing an ice route in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, near Jumbo Mountain. Photograph by Audrey Shippam, ca. 1923.