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Female conservationists.
11 women who made wilderness history
Often working in the shadows of better-known male conservationists, female conservation leaders helped drive the 20th century conservation movement.
1.
Margaret “Mardy” Murie (1902 - 2003)
Mardy Murie worked hand-in-hand with her husband Olaus Murie to accomplish important wilderness victories like the establishment and expansion of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Mardy Murie witnessed first-hand the signing of the Wilderness Act fifty years ago.
Famous tv naturalistsShe continued to fight for wilderness until her death at age 101 in 2003.
“I hope the United States of America is not so rich that she can afford to let these wildernesses pass by, or so poor she cannot afford to keep them.”
Mardy and Olaus Murie.
Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
2. Celia Hunter (1919 - 2001)
Celia Hunter fought alongside Mardy and Olaus Murie to safeguard the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and became the first female president of a nation