Born | Margaret Thomas, August 18, 1902, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Died | October 19, 2003, Moose, Wyoming, U.S. |
Pen name | Mardy Murie |
Occupation | Author, ecologist, and environmentalist |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Memoir |
Subject | Conservation, Wilderness Preservation |
Notable works | Two in the Far North, Wapiti Wilderness |
Notable awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
Spouse | Olaus Murie |
Relatives | see Murie family article, people |
About Margaret Murie
Memoirist Margaret Murie was born on August 18, 1902 in Seattle, Washington, United States (She dies at the age of 101, on October 19, 2003).
She was dubbed the"Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" for her contributions to the passing of the Wilderness Act and the formation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She was the subject of a documentary film called Arctic Dance and wrote a memoir called Two in the Far North, which was published in 1962.
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Margaret Murie before becoming famous
Margaret Murie was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1902 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Tiger (兎).
She launched a campaign to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 1956, enlisting the assistance of a Supreme Court justice to persuade President Eisenhower to declare the territory off-limits to development.
Achievement of Margaret Murie
She received both the Audubon Medal and the Conservationist John Muir Award.
Margaret Murie's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
She was born in Seattle, Washington, and her family moved to Alaska when she was five years old. Her husband was Olaus Murie, a fellow naturalist and conservationist.
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Her husband and she spent their honeymoon in Alaska watching caribou on the Koyukuk River. Folk Singer John Denver's ballad A Song for All Over was inspired by the same river.
Margaret Murie Income & Net worth
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