Women and Nature

Saving the "Wild" West

Glenda Riley author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Published:1st Apr '99

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Women and Nature cover

The author's other works include "The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley" and "Divorce: An American Tradition."

A study of women conservationists that provides a needed corrective to the male-dominated historiography of environmental studies.Long before Rachel Carson’s fight against pesticides placed female environmental activists in the national spotlight, women were involved in American environmentalism. In Women and Nature: Saving the "Wild" West, Glenda Riley calls for a reappraisal of the roots of the American conservation movement. This thoroughly researched study of women conservationists provides a needed corrective to the male-dominated historiography of environmental studies. The early conservation movement gained much from women’s widespread involvement. Florence Merriam Bailey classified the birds of New Mexico and encouraged appreciation of nature and concern for environmental problems. Ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice published widely on Oklahoma birds. In 1902 Mary Knight Britton established the Wild Flower Preservation Society of America. Women also stimulated economic endeavors related to environmental concerns, including nature writing and photography, health spas and resorts, and outdoor clothing and equipment. From botanists, birders, and nature writers to club-women and travelers, untold numbers of women have contributed to the groundswell of support for environmentalism.

"A thoughtful and informative portrait of women's roles in western conservation and environmentalism... It demands reevaluation of popular assumptions about women and western landscapes, and about environmental history... Women and Nature provides a solid foundation for further research on women and natural resources in the West... Especially valuable, making visible the untold story of women's influence at the grassroots level."-Dorothy C. Garceau, New Mexico Historical Review New Mexico Historical Review

ISBN: 9780803289758

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 384g

304 pages