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Florence Merriam Bailey was a female field ornithologist working in New Mexico at a time when women were not permitted to vote, wear pants, or ride horseback astride. Bailey, however, spent many seasons in the field in the early 1900s cataloguing species for the US Biological Survey. She wrote eight published books under her own name, including the first popular guide to bird watching, Birds Through an Opera Glass (1889) and the comprehensive, Birds of New Mexico (1928).
Learn about New Mexico's women naturalists who paved the way for todays scientists. Join the discussion about efforts to surmount the barriers that still exist for women and people of color in the STEM fields.
Karen Herzenberg is a consultant currently working on projects for Bernalillo County Open Space, Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge and the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility. Previously, she worked as an Interpretive Naturalist for the Rio Grande Nature Center State Park and an elementary classroom teacher for APS. She is on the advisory committee for the New Mexico Master Naturalist program and leads bird and nature walks in the Albuquerque Metro area.
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Albuquerque, NM 87104
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