Background
Source: Wikipedia
Elizabeth Kimball Kendall (7 April 1855 – 21 May 1952) was an American professor of history and political science at Wellesley College. She made several journeys across Europe and Asia. These included a 1911 voyage across China, her account of which, A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a Trip Across West China and Mongolia, was published in 1913. For this book and her travels, she was named Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
