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Douglas, Marjory Stoneman

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Douglas, Marjory Stoneman (1890-1998)

US author and conservationist. Her book, The Everglades: River of Grass (1947), warned of the environmental perils facing the region. She co-founded Friends of the Everglades and is widely credited with helping to slow the destruction of the swamp ecosystem.

She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1912 and worked as a journalist and educator in Miami. As well as her ecological works, she also wrote several books of children's literature.



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