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Before Jane and Dian, Biruté and Jeanne, there was Anne.   In 1957 Anne Innis (1933-2024) became the first woman to attempt a solo animal research expedition in Africa when she undertook the observation of giraffes in South Africa. Three years later, Jane Goodall entered the wilds of Tanzania to observe the chimpanzees there.  Goodall emerged to fame and the sort of global adoration usually reserved for socially conscious pop stars, while Innis faced decades of frustration pi