Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the So…
WEBMay 24, 2022 — From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman -- a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds. Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and ...
Woman, Watching: The making of a midcentury amateur …
WEBMar 28, 2022 — Called Canada’s Rachel Carson and Canada’s Thoreau, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence spent 50 years studying birds in a remote forest on the Mattawa River. An endlessly curious self-trained amateur, she changed the way we think about birds.
Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds …
WEBMay 24, 2022 — Watch “Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Women who Changed How We Understand Birds”, a Nature Canada event (from July 20, 2022) » Read an excerpt from Women, Watching
Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the …
WEBMay 24, 2022 — From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of anextraordinary woman ― a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds.
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- Author: Merilyn Simonds
Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the …
WEBMay 24, 2022 — From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman — a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds.
- Reviews: 43
- Author: Merilyn Simonds
Woman, Watching by Merilyn Simonds | CBC Books
WEBJan 2, 2022 — A dedicated birder, Simonds brings her own songbird experiences from Canadian nesting grounds and Mexican wintering grounds to this deeply researched, engaging portrait of a uniquely...
Men and Women Approach Bird Watching Differently
WEBJan 15, 2011 — “Supportive” activities involved slightly more women than men, and “participatory” activities had up to 70 percent women. Activities with open-ended checklists or lots of travel involved 57–83 percent men. Competitive birding was even more skewed, with 80–99 percent of the participants male.
Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the …
WEBWoman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay. by Merilyn Simonds. Anyone who has studied Canadian history has likely seen a photograph of Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, even if unknowingly. She’s crouching in the background in one of the most famous images of the infant Dionne quintuplets, a nursing cap veil ...
Book Review: Woman, Watching by Merilyn Simonds - Lesley …
WEBMay 4, 2023 — I fell down a rabbit hole after reading Merilyn Simonds’ excellent biography, Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay. It tells the story of a Swedish Canadian woman, an aristocrat who led a …
When Women Run the Bird World | Audubon
WEBMay 3, 2019 — Like most matters of importance, women have been integral to birding from the get-go. Female ornithologists drew attention to avifauna in the late 1800s, and suffragists helped the movement take off in the early 1900s. Today, 42 percent of U.S. birders identify as women.
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