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Title	Tale of Two Women: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Marjorie Carr
View collection at	http://everglades.fiu.edu/two/index.htm
Description	Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998), author of landmark book The Everglades: River of Grass (1947), helped found Friends of the Everglades in 1969. Marjorie Carr helped stop a major construction project that threatened central Florida's ecosystem. This collection includes interviews with Douglas and Carr, as well as a lecture by Douglas about a variety of environmental issues. In a video clip, Douglas recalls her 1932 trip to the Everglades. Audio clips cover such topics as Everglades pollution, early efforts to establish the Everglades National Park, and the public's interest in "River of Grass."
Subject	Women conservationists
Place	United States -- Florida
Featured Women	Carr, Marjorie; Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
Time Period	1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989
Publisher	Publication of Archival Library & Museum Materials, State University System of Florida
Primary Sources	Oral history interviews Speeches

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