# Josephine Diebitsch Peary — A Negro Explorer at the North Pole character guide

> Josephine Diebitsch Peary in A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Matthew Henson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. Peary

**First appearance:** 0002-a-negro-explorer-at-the-north-pole

## Who they are

Peary's wife, who accompanied him on earlier Arctic expeditions.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/i)

Accompanied her husband on the 1891 and 1893 expeditions; took daughter Marie Ahnighito Peary and young Eskimo girl 'Miss Bill' back to the U.S.

### [XXI Etah to New York — Coming of mail and reporters — Home!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/xxi)

Arrives aboard a steam-yacht with the children to reunite with Commander Peary.

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