Flora Richardson
American dunes preservationist
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Barbara E Plampin
After moving to Dune Acres in 1988, Barbara Plampin had time for her passion of botany, meticulously studying the Dunes’s habitats and becoming a persistent advocate for natural land preservation and an expert botanist in her own right.
Charlotte Read
Charlotte Read was a reverent guardian of public trust, who wholeheartedly committed herself to saving the Indiana Dunes from trickling to cascading threats.
Emma Pitcher
Indiana dunes environmental activist
Dixy Lee Ray
Marine biologist, professor at the University of Washington, and director of Seattle’s Pacific Science Center. Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), from 1973 to 1975. First woman elected governor of Washington.
Bess Sheehan
An early staunch advocate of the first “Save the Dunes” movement of the 1910s
Dr Estella Leopold
As a conservationist, she is best known for her work obtaining protection for the stunning fossils near Florissant, Colorado, an area that became a national monument in 1969.
Kathy Fletcher
American biologist and environmental activist
Gertrude Sanford Legendre
In 1944, she became the first American woman in uniform to be captured in Germany during an unauthorized visit to the front near Luxembourg.
Ailsa Macvey Swan
Ailsa Swan began her scientific career in the chemistry. She was later and active member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, the Bird Observers Club of Australia and was founding member of the Phillip Island Conservation Society.