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Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
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Douglas, Marjory Stoneman (1890–  ) author, conservationist; born in Minneapolis, Minn. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1912 and worked as a journalist and educator in Miami. Her book, The Everglades: River of Grass (1947), sounded an early warning of the environmental perils facing the Florida Everglades. She cofounded Friends of the Everglades in 1969 and is widely credited with helping to slow the destruction of the swamp ecosystem. She is also the author of several works of juvenile literature.
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Among those profiled are essayist and novelist Edward Abbey (1927-89), Jimmy Carter, journalist and Everglades champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Charles Lindbergh, monk Thomas Merton, poet Theodore Roethke, and Stewart Udall.
Modern American environmentalists; a biographical encyclopedia by Reference & Research Book News
org AN EVERGLADES PROVIDENCE: MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS AND THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL CENTURY is a 'must' for any library strong in social or environmental history.
An Everglades Providence by California Bookwatch
GOVERNMENT-PROTECTED PARKS & REFUGES The region's most extensive refuge lands, in Everglades National Park, were saved from disaster as they balanced on the brink, thanks to the efforts of Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Introduction by Walton, Chelle Koster / Tampa Bay & Florida's West Coast Adventure Guide, 4th ed.
 
 
 
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