Download or read book A Victorian Lady in Africa written by Valerie Grosvenor Myer and published by Ashford, Buchan & Enright. This book was released on 1989 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Kingsley was a fairly typical Victorian young woman, apart from her avid interest in science and engineering. After her parents died in 1892, she set of to explore West Africa and her experiences reveal the attitudes about women and African societies during the late 19th century.