Anna Czerwińska

A pharmacist by education, she also used her knowledge to provide aid to people she encountered in the mountains.

[2] Czerwińska was a member of a 1975 Polish Expedition, which marked International Women's Year.

[4] In March 1978, she climbed the north face of the Matterhorn with Krystyna Palmowska, Wanda Rutkiewicz, and Irena Kesa Czerwińska, marking the first all-female winter ascent of this route.

[8] On 15 July 1985, she was on the summit of Nanga Parbat with Wanda Rutkiewicz and Krystyna Palmowska, the first all-woman team to reach the top without the support of men.

[4] In addition to her mountaineering work, Czerwińska also authored or coauthored many books about climbing on Matterhorn, Gasherbrum, Broad Peak, Nanga Parbat, and K2.