Todd Antony Chronicles the ‘Cholitas Escaladoras’ Summiting the Highest Peak in the Americas

For generations, Indigenous Bolivian women were not allowed to walk freely in the wealthy or central parts of the nation’s capital, La Paz. They were considered lower-class and expected to stay at home or work in servitude. But in recent years, this attitude has changed as Aymara and Quechua women began to take back their rights and express themselves confidently through characteristically tall bowler hats, long braids, and bright shawls, skirts, and petticoats.

cholita has been embraced by Aymara and Quechua women, who have adopted the name as a signal of pride. More

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