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Kyung hun Lee
Ms. Somarriba
Humanities
04 march, 2013
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey
Let’s talk about Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey. Can you recall she’s name?
Is she famous? I thinkmany people don’t know who she is. Why? Because she is not famous and she is not a man, as you know almost every person see men in good images. But why people cannot remember the women’s names, becauseof these prejudices, I chose this topic. She was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She was born in Locust Grove, New York, and she was the third child in her family. She was the youngersister of Clinton Hart Merriam. As I said, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was born in Locust Grove, New York and she grew up on her family’s estate. So she could study of natural history. She wasencouraged in her interest in nature by her brother and father. Her father was interested in scientific matters and was in correspondence with John Muir after he had met him in Yosemite in the summer of1871, but the point is not there, let’s go back. Bailey studied at a private school in Utica, New York. From 1882-1886, she studied at Smith College, from which she didn´t receive a degree until she wasgiven an honorary one in 1921. She also studied at Stanford University. She started observing bird behavior at a time when the most bird study was based on collections and skins. In 1885, she began towrite articles focusing on protecting birds. She was dedicated to telling and showing people about the value of bird life. Her introduction of a birdwing field guide, aimed at living birds, isconsidered the first in the tradition of modern bird guides. She wrote the first of these at the age of 26, initially as a series of notes in the Audubon Magazine and later as books. On December 18, 1899,she married Vernon Bailey. Finally, she became the first woman associate member of the American Ornithologists´ Union in 1885. Her last major written was Among the birds in the Grand Canyon National...
Ms. Somarriba
Humanities
04 march, 2013
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey
Let’s talk about Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey. Can you recall she’s name?
Is she famous? I thinkmany people don’t know who she is. Why? Because she is not famous and she is not a man, as you know almost every person see men in good images. But why people cannot remember the women’s names, becauseof these prejudices, I chose this topic. She was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She was born in Locust Grove, New York, and she was the third child in her family. She was the youngersister of Clinton Hart Merriam. As I said, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was born in Locust Grove, New York and she grew up on her family’s estate. So she could study of natural history. She wasencouraged in her interest in nature by her brother and father. Her father was interested in scientific matters and was in correspondence with John Muir after he had met him in Yosemite in the summer of1871, but the point is not there, let’s go back. Bailey studied at a private school in Utica, New York. From 1882-1886, she studied at Smith College, from which she didn´t receive a degree until she wasgiven an honorary one in 1921. She also studied at Stanford University. She started observing bird behavior at a time when the most bird study was based on collections and skins. In 1885, she began towrite articles focusing on protecting birds. She was dedicated to telling and showing people about the value of bird life. Her introduction of a birdwing field guide, aimed at living birds, isconsidered the first in the tradition of modern bird guides. She wrote the first of these at the age of 26, initially as a series of notes in the Audubon Magazine and later as books. On December 18, 1899,she married Vernon Bailey. Finally, she became the first woman associate member of the American Ornithologists´ Union in 1885. Her last major written was Among the birds in the Grand Canyon National...
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