What is Barbara Hillary (adventurer)?
'''Barbara Hillary''' (June 12, 1931 – November 23, 2019)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://1010wins.radio.com/articles/trailblazing-african-american-explorer-barbara-hillary-dies | title=Trailblazing African-American explorer Barbara Hillary dies | date=23 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.barbarahillary.com/bio.html |title=Barbara Hillary Biography. |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216030538/http://www.barbarahillary.com/bio.html |archive-date=2012-02-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was the first known [[Black people|black]] woman to reach the [[North Pole]], which she did at the age of 75 in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/75-year-old-cancer-survivor-skis-to-north-pole/|title=75-year-old cancer survivor skis to North Pole|work=Seattle Times|access-date=August 19, 2011|first=Meghan|last=Barr|date=March 26, 2016}}</ref> She reached the [[South Pole]] in January 2011 at the age of 79, becoming the first [[African-American]] woman on record to make it there and the first black woman to reach both poles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/dining/02Elder.html|title=My Unhealthy Diet? It Got Me This Far|work=New York Times|access-date=August 19, 2011|first=Henry|last=Alford|date=February 28, 2011}}</ref> She was born in [[New York City]]. Hillary died at a hospital in New York City on November 23, 2019 of [[lung cancer|lung]] and [[breast cancer]], aged 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/us/barbara-hillary-dead.html|title=Barbara Hillary, First Black Woman to Reach the Poles, Is Dead at 88|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 27, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hillary, Barbara}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Deaths from breast cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] [[Category:American explorers]] [[Category:People from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}