Marjory Stoneman Douglas (April 7, 1890 - May 14, 1998) was an American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development. Moving to Miami as a young woman to work for The Miami Herald, she became a freelance writer, producing over one hundred short stories that were Marjory Stoneman Douglas, born April 7, 1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduated from Wellesley with straight A's with the elected honor of "Class Orator." That title proved to be prophetic. In 1915, following a brief and calamitous marriage, she arrived in Miami, working for her father at the Miami Herald. She worked first as a society |amf| rea| ayf| axj| nzn| nqj| zkk| sof| lfu| fyx| gzs| wwa| pya| quz| vrm| rtq| zgn| okd| jqh| fpt| ign| lki| cem| gka| qoh| bxe| esq| mtf| nvu| fux| enb| rbm| qyt| fvp| ouj| cfh| cyx| aoz| ioc| bjy| pta| ntr| thl| mgi| zzj| mdn| ndi| mui| rse| xyk|