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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Bulletin of the Garden Club of America
Author: The Garden Club of America
Author: William SealePublisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588343294
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
How women changed the American landscape from planting war victory gardens to saving the redwoods, beautifying the highway to creating horticultural standards. In 1904, Elizabeth Price Martin founded the Garden Club of Philadelphia. In 1913, twelve garden clubs in the eastern and central United States signed an agreement to form the Garden Guild. The Garden Guild would later become the Garden Club of America (GCA), now celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2013. GCA is a volunteer nonprofit organization comprised of 200 member clubs and approximately 18,000 members throughout the country. Comprised of all women, GCA has emerged as a national leader in the fields of horticulture, conservation, and civic improvement. As an example, in 1930, GCA was a key force in preserving the redwood forests of California, helping to create national awareness for the need to preserve these forests, along with contributing funds to purchase land on which they stood. The Garden Club of America Grove and the virgin forest tract of Canoe Creek contain some of the finest specimens of the redwood forests. The Garden Club of America is a centennial celebration of strong women who nurtured the country, helped spread the good word of gardening, and continue to plant seeds of awareness.
Bulletin
Author: Garden Club of AmericaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Garden Club of America Bulletin
Author: Material Dreams
Author: Kevin StarrPublisher: Americans and the California D
ISBN: 0195044878
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Kevin Starr is the foremost chronicler of the California dream. In Material Dreams, he turns to one of the most vibrant decades in the Golden State's history, the 1920's, when some two million Americans migrated to California, the vast majority settling in or around Los Angeles.
Extension Service Review
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Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Saving Florida
Author: Leslie Kemp PoolePublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059410
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
In Saving Florida, Leslie Kemp Poole casts new light on the women at the forefront of Florida’s environmental movement. From creating parks to protesting air pollution, fighting dredge-and-fill operations, and exposing the health dangers of pesticides, these women caused unprecedented changes in how the Sunshine State values its many and marvelous natural resources. At the beginning of the twentieth century women didn’t have the vote, but by the end of the century they were founding issue-specific groups, like Friends of the Everglades, and running state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They set the foundation for the next century’s environmental agenda, which came to include the idea of sustainable development, which meshes ecology and economy to enhance energy efficiency and the function of natural systems. This is an indispensable history that not only underscores the importance of women in the environmental movement but also shows how as a collective force they forever altered how others saw women’s roles in society.
Princeton Alumni Weekly
Author: Publisher: princeton alumni weekly
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
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