Fannye Cook: Mississippi's Pioneering Conservationist
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (507 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1496814126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Dorothy Shawhan (1942–2014) was an outstanding educator and writer. . She taught at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, where she chaired the Division of Languages and Literature from 1991 to 2006. She published widely in literary and scholarly journals and authored four books, including the widely popular novel Lizzie, based on the life of a Mississippi governor’s daughter, and coauthored a biography, Lucy Somerville Howorth: New Deal Lawyer, Politician,
Eventually she collected a diverse group of supporters from across the state. Under this program, eighteen museums were established within the state, and another one in Jackson, which served as the hub for public education and scientific research.Fannye Cook served as director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science until her retirement in 1958. In 1926 she began traveling the state at her own expense, speaking at county fairs, schools, and clubs, and to county boards of supervisors on the status of wildlife populations and the need for management. Conservationist Fannye Cook (1889–1964) was the most widely known scientist in Mississippi and was nationally known as the go-to person for biological informati
She published widely in literary and scholarly journals and authored four books, including the widely popular novel Lizzie, based on the life of a Mississippi governor’s daughter, and coauthored a biography, Lucy Somerville Howorth: New Deal Lawyer, Politician, and Feminist from the South.Marion Barnwell, Jackson, Mississippi, is professor emerita of English a