Check out these articles featuring Mississippi's female pioneer in wildlife conservation, Fannye Cook (1889-1964):
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/03/29/fannye-cook-mississippi-conservation-pioneer/99774488/ http://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/articles/313/fannye-cook-pioneer-conservationist ________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news <[email protected]> on behalf of David Inouye <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 2, 2017 11:07:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ECOLOG-L] America's first female ecologist This is an interesting article about a woman I hadn't heard of before, Ellen Swallow Richards, who was also the first female student at MIT. http://nautil.us/issue/46/balance/the-woman-who-gave-us-the-science-of-normal-life -- Dr. David W. Inouye Professor Emeritus Department of Biology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-4415 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Principal Investigator Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory PO Box 519 Crested Butte, CO 81224
