Fay Fuller

Edwina Fay Fulle (Older sources record her first name as Edwina; modern sources state that it was Evelyn.) In 1882, when Fuller was 12 years old, her family relocated to Tacoma, Washington, where she began to explore the wilderness. After graduating from high school, Fuller began teaching at the age of 15, eventually moving to work in Yelm, Washington. While teaching in Yelm, her school was visited by P. B. Van Trump, one of the first climbers to ascend Mount Rainier, with whom she became friends and who would inspire her to climb Rainier herself. They later moved to Santa Monica, California. After inheriting land from her father in law after his death, Mrs. von Briesen donated it to the city of New York, which became Von Briesen Park. Fuller died in 1958 at the age of 88.