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Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (born 1902)

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Margaret Murie

American naturalist and author

Margaret Elizabeth Thomas "Mardy" Murie was a naturalist, writer, adventurer, and conservationist. Dubbed the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, she helped in the passage of the Wilderness Act, and was instrumental in…
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October 19

Day of the year

October 19 is the 292nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 73 days remain until the end of the year.
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