Women of the Polar Archives The Films and Stories of Marie Peary Stafford and Louise Boyd

Women of the Polar Archives from the United States National Archives.

The Films and Stories of Marie Peary Stafford and Louise Boyd

These women both sailed on Effie M. Morrissey with Captain Bartlett,  1931 for Mrs. Stafford and in 1941 for Miss Boyd. Mrs. Stafford went to build a monument to her father Adm. Peary, Miss Boyd had a secret mission to “elucidate the anomalies of radio communication on the U.S.-Europe transmission path,” which was “worth while from the national defense viewpoint.”