In1956,fouryearsbeforeJaneGoodallventuredintotheworldofchimpanzeesandsevenyearsbeforeDianFosseylefttoworkwithmountaingorillas,infact,beforeanyone,manorwomanhadmadesuchatrip,23-yearoldCanadianbiologist,AnneInnisDagg,madeanunprecedentedsolojourneytoSouthAfricatobecomethefirstpersonintheworldtostudyanimalbehaviorinthewildonthatcontinent.Whenshereturnedhomeayearlaterarmedwithground-breakingresearch,theinsurmountablebarriersshefacedasafemalescientistprovedmuchhardertoovercome.In1972,havingpublished20researchpapersasanassistantprofessorofzoologyatUniversityofGuelph,theDeanoftheuniversity,deniedhertenure.Shecouldn'tapplytotheUniversityofWaterloobecausetheDeantheretoldAnnethathewouldnevergivetenuretoamarriedwoman.ThiswasthecatalystthattransformedAnneintoafeministactivist.Forthreedecades,AnneInnisDaggwasabsentfromthegiraffeworlduntil2010whenshewassoughtoutbygiraffologistsandnotjustbroughtbacktointothefold,butfinallycelebratedforherwork.