For the Birds: American Ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice

by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie

Book Overview

A first-rate ornithologist, Margaret Morse Nice (1883-1974) pioneered field studies on song sparrows and advocated for women's active role in the sciences. Yet her nontraditional path toward scientific progress, as well as her gender, meant that she had to reach the highest pinnacles of achievement in order to gain prominence in her chosen field. Luckily for Nice, she was more than up to the challenge. In this engaging first book-length biography,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806194154
• ISBN13: 9780806194158
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"