Una Cameron
{{Short description|British mountain climber (1904–1987)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Una Cameron
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| birth_name = Una May Cameron
| birth_date = 6 May 1904
| birth_place = West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|10|15|1904|05|06|df=y}}
| death_place = Buckingham, England
| nationality = British
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| occupation = Mountaineer and author
| known_for = First female to climb Mount Kenya
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Una May Cameron{{cite book |last=Osborne |first=Carol A. |date=2004 |url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/52567|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Cameron, Una May (1904–1987) |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198614128}} (6 May 1904 – 15 October 1987) was a Scottish mountain climber known for her ascents in the Alps, Caucasus and Kenya.
Biography
Cameron was born in West Linton, Scotland. Twin daughter of her father Ewen Cameron, a landed proprietor, and mother Jeanie Dewar from the Dewar whisky family.{{cite book |author1=Elizabeth Ewan |author2=Sue Innes |author3=Rose Pipes |author4=Siân Reynolds |date=2006 |title=Kilimanjaro & East Africa: A Climbing and Trekking Guide |publisher=The Mountaineers Books |pages=[https://archive.org/details/kilimanjaroeasta0000burn/page/24 24] |isbn=0-89886-604-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/kilimanjaroeasta0000burn/page/24 }} She studied in the Cheltenham Ladies' College in Montreux, Switzerland and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London.{{cite book |last=Burns |first=Cameron M. |date=2006 |title=The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From the earliest times to 2004 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press Ltd.|pages=60–61 |isbn=0-7486-1713-2}} She had the wealth to live abroad and pursue climbing.
In the 1930s, she made many first ascents in the Alps and in the Caucasus, which she described in A Good Line (1932). She also made the first female ascent of the highest peak, Batian, on Mount Kenya, March 1938. She joined the Ladies' Alpine Club in 1929 and served as its president from 1956 to 1958.{{cite journal | journal = The Journal of the Ladies' Alpine Club | date = 1975 | title= Lists of Presidents, Hon. Secretaries, Hon. Treasurers, Hon. Librarians, Hon. Editors, 1907-1975| pages = 4}} She lived for many years in Courmayeur, Italy, and made many ascents in the Mont Blanc range. She died in Buckingham, England.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
In 2002, the Montagna Sicura Foundation in Courmayeur, Italy designated their headquarters in Una's home that she had built during the 1930s which is still named after her, Villa Cameron. The foundation aim is to promote safe use and study of the mountains that she loved.
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Category:Scottish mountain climbers