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As noted here, the original Conan Doyle LOST WORLD practically sports a sign "no girls allowed." But starting with the 1925 silent film, cinematic adaptations have almost always included female characters on the expedition, the better to engage female audiences.

As far as I can tell, Marguerite Krux (Rachel Blakely) seems to be the first such female explorer who could fight as well as a guy.