Annie Smith Peck

Annie Smith Peck (1850 to 1935) was an American mountaineer and adventurer. Huascarán, the northern peak of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, was named Cumbre Aña Peck in her honour. She was an ardent suffragist and a noted speaker who lectured extensively around the world for many years and wrote four books encouraging travel and exploration. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the youngest of five children of Ann Power Smith Peck and George Bacheler Peck, and her brothers included a doctor, a school principal and an engineer and merchant.