Women in the Everglades
Author | : Marya Repko |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 2015-11 |
Genre | : Environmentalism |
ISBN | : 9780983042549 |
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Author | : Marya Repko |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 2015-11 |
Genre | : Environmentalism |
ISBN | : 9780983042549 |
Author | : Leslie Kemp Poole |
Publisher | : University Press of Florida |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2015-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813059410 |
In Saving Florida, Leslie Kemp Poole casts new light on the women at the forefront of Florida’s environmental movement. From creating parks to protesting air pollution, fighting dredge-and-fill operations, and exposing the health dangers of pesticides, these women caused unprecedented changes in how the Sunshine State values its many and marvelous natural resources. At the beginning of the twentieth century women didn’t have the vote, but by the end of the century they were founding issue-specific groups, like Friends of the Everglades, and running state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They set the foundation for the next century’s environmental agenda, which came to include the idea of sustainable development, which meshes ecology and economy to enhance energy efficiency and the function of natural systems. This is an indispensable history that not only underscores the importance of women in the environmental movement but also shows how as a collective force they forever altered how others saw women’s roles in society.
Author | : Sandra Neil Wallace |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2020-09-22 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1534431551 |
“Vibrant…an ideal starting point for further learning.” —School Library Journal “A lively portrayal of Douglas as a remarkable individual and a significant environmental activist.” —Booklist From acclaimed children’s book biographer Sandra Neil Wallace comes the inspiring and little-known story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the remarkable journalist who saved the Florida Everglades from development and ruin. Marjory Stoneman Douglas didn’t intend to write about the Everglades but when she returned to Florida from World War I, she hardly recognized the place that was her home. The Florida that Marjory knew was rapidly disappearing—the rare orchids, magnificent birds, and massive trees disappearing with it. Marjory couldn’t sit back and watch her home be destroyed—she had to do something. Thanks to Marjory, a part of the Everglades became a national park and the first park not created for sightseeing, but for the benefit of animals and plants. Without Marjory, the part of her home that she loved so much would have been destroyed instead of the protected wildlife reserve it has become today.
Author | : Ginny Rorby |
Publisher | : Carolrhoda Lab ® |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2013-08-01 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1467731676 |
"I don't realize I'm crying until he glances at me. For a moment, I see the look of anguish in his eyes, then he blinks it away and slips off into the water. I immediately think of the gator. It's still down there somewhere. . . ." A science-class field trip to the Everglades is supposed to be fun, but Sarah's new at Glades Academy, and her fellow freshmen aren’t exactly making her feel welcome. When an opportunity for an unauthorized side trip on an air boat presents itself, it seems like a perfect escape—an afternoon without feeling like a sore thumb. But one simple oversight turns a joyride into a race for survival across the river of grass. Sarah will have to count on her instincts—and a guy she barely knows—if they have any hope of making it back alive.
Author | : Marjory Stoneman Douglas |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 449 |
Release | : 2021-10-15 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 168334295X |
Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named The Everglades a "river of grass," most people considered the area worthless. She brought the world's attention to the need to preserve The Everglades. In the Afterword, Michael Grunwald tells us what has happened to them since then. Grunwald points out that in 1947 the government was in the midst of establishing the Everglades National Park and turning loose the Army Corps of Engineers to control floods--both of which seemed like saviors for the Glades. But neither turned out to be the answer. Working from the research he did for his book, The Swamp, Grunwald offers an account of what went wrong and the many attempts to fix it, beginning with Save Our Everglades, which Douglas declared was "not nearly enough." Grunwald then lays out the intricacies (and inanities) of the more recent and ongoing CERP, the hugely expensive Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.
Author | : Minnie Moore-Willson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Seminole Indians |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Zora Neale Hurston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780800074142 |
Author | : Lori McMullen |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2021-06-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1647421071 |
Set in the early 1900s, Among the Beautiful Beasts is the untold story of the early life of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, known in her later years as a tireless activist for the Florida Everglades. After a childhood spent in New England estranged from her father and bewildered by her mother, who fades into madness, Marjory marries a swindler thirty years her senior. The marriage nearly destroys her, but Marjory finds the courage to move to Miami, where she is reunited with her father and begins a new life as a journalist in that bustling, booming frontier town. Buoyed by a growing sense of independence and an affair with a rival journalist, Marjory embraces a life lived at the intersection of the untamed Everglades and the rapacious urban development that threatens it. When the demands of a man once again begin to swallow Marjory’s own desires and dreams, she sees herself in the vulnerable, inimitable Everglades and is forced to decide whether to commit to a life of subjugation or leap into the wild unknown. Told in chapters that alternate between an urgent midnight chase through the wetlands and extensive narrative flashbacks, Among the Beautiful Beasts is at once suspenseful and deeply reflective.
Author | : Jennifer Bryant |
Publisher | : Twenty First Century Books |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780805021134 |
Traces the life of the woman who became known as the "Grandmother of the Glades" for her fight to preserve the Florida Everglades against misuse and development.
Author | : Sandra Wallus Sammons |
Publisher | : Pineapple Press Inc |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Conservationists |
ISBN | : 1561644706 |
Biography of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, dubbed "the grandmother of the Everglades," a woman who devoted her life to teaching the importance of preserving the unique habitat of southern Florida.