"A tribute to Florence Merriam Bailey (1863-1948), a passionate ornithologist who revolutionized the way scientists and general nature lovers study birds. Keating introduces Florence as a child who was delighted to sit patiently in the woods to watch birds and take careful notes on their features and behavior. As an adult, she is outraged by the fashion of and killing birds in order to study them. She popularized bird watching and promoted protective legislation. She turned her years of note taking into field guides for professionals and the general public alike."
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Florence Merriam Bailey
(née Florence Augusta Merriam; August 8, 1863 – September 22, 1948) was an American , , and prolific . In 1929 the elected her their first female Fellow. In 1931 she became the first woman to receive the . In 1933 the awarded her an honorary doctorate.
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