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Birth Date and Place: •Born in 1890 in Minneapolis •Died on May 14, 2009 •108 years old
Education-Hs, college, degrees, job experience: •In 1908 she began taking classes at Wellesley College •The courses she took included geology, geography and social economics •Her first essay was published in a literary magazine •In 1920 she graduated with a bachelors degree in English Composition •Source #2 p.50-52
Honors and Rewards: •Floridian of the Year award 1983 •Conservation of the year 1975 and 1976 •Achievement Award 1978
Early Interest in the Environment: •In 1915 she moved to Miami Florida and became a publisher •She fought in WW2 for 5 years and when she came back she noticed that the town has grown, she also noticed that the wildlife was gone •Douglas’s story provoked outrage around the county and raised the public awareness of mismanagement of the everglades •Source #2 p. 52-53
Benefits to the Environment: 1.The unique everglades ecosystem has 300 varieties of birds and 600 species of fish and 40 types of indigenous plants. The everglades provides shelter for many animals 2.The everglades provides so much to the people and nobody could imagine what they would to without the everglades •Source #2 P.54-55
Books Written by Environmentalist: 1. The Everglades: River of Grass 1947 2. Road to the Sun 1951 3. Hurricane 1958 Florida the long Frontier •Source # 2 p. 58
Other Creative Works: •Alligator Crossing 1959 •Freedom River 1953 •Marjory Douglas Voice of the River 1988 •Source #2 p.58
