"Desmond's accessible and well-written biography has clearly placed the fascinating and dynamic Alice Dixon Le Plongeon among the roster of accomplished Victorian women."—The Americas
"...a compelling, lavishly illustrated biography..."—Choice
"...fascinating...this superb biographical book will appeal to scholars interested in the history of anthropology, gender, and scientific practice, as well as to the lay public.—Journal of Anthropological Research
"Until now, Alice Dixon Le Plongeon has been ... ignored, unknown or mysterious. ... without accomplishments of her own, without an intellectual life and without interests. The figure that emerges in Yucatan through her eyes is a very different one, the opposite: that of a woman, as Lawrence Desmond documents well, committed to making a difference in the world."—Península, National Autonomous University of Mexico
"This [biography] is the story of a truly remarkable woman of the nineteenth century."—Alquimia, National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico
"... [Alice Dixon Le Plongeon] was a nineteenth-century world traveler, an accomplished photographer and an archaeologist at a time when those professions were closed to women."—El Financiero, Mexico City
