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- catalog abstract ""Mary Joy Breton provides absorbing sketches of more than forty women activists in the Americas, Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, and Asia, recounting the special ways in which each stepped out of her traditional role and dedicated her life to saving the planet. Breton interweaves her accounts with narrative on the ecological hazards that drove these women to spearhead various environmental campaigns, examining why and how they challenged, and often defeated, the power structures of government and industry."--BOOK JACKET. "Their courageous efforts illuminate the crucial role of women in the environmental movement and provide inspiration for a new generation of activists."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10895221.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""Mary Joy Breton provides absorbing sketches of more than forty women activists in the Americas, Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, and Asia, recounting the special ways in which each stepped out of her traditional role and dedicated her life to saving the planet. Breton interweaves her accounts with narrative on the ecological hazards that drove these women to spearhead various environmental campaigns, examining why and how they challenged, and often defeated, the power structures of government and industry."--BOOK JACKET. "Their courageous efforts illuminate the crucial role of women in the environmental movement and provide inspiration for a new generation of activists."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-309) and index.".
- catalog description "Tree huggers and tree planters: Amrita Devi, Wangari Maathai, Colleen McCrory, Judi Bari, Harriet Bullitt, Kathryn Fuller -- First lady of environmental science: Ellen Swallow -- Early municipal housekeepers: Caroline Bartlett, Mary Eliza McDowell -- Whistle-blowers under fire: Rachel Carson, Theo Colborn, Mary Sinclair, Dai Qing -- The tide of women's rage: Emma Must, JoAnn Tall, Joan Martin-Brown -- 'Those know-nothing housewives': Lois Gibbs, Cathy Hinds, Michiko Ishimuri -- Combatting death by ecocide: Tatyana Artyomkina, Maria Cherkasova, Maria Gumińska -- Perseverance and patience pay off: Carol Browner, Janet Gibson, Polly Dyer, Pat Waak -- Casting new models: Gro Harlem Brundtland, Hazel Henderson, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Florence Wambugu, Petra Kelly, Hazel Wolf -- Thinking like a river: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Marjorie Carr, Christine Jean -- Women and wildlife: Harriet Hemenway, Margaret Murie, Sarah James, Sylvia Earle, Katharine Ordway -- Women and international forums: Bella Abzug.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 322 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Women pioneers for the environment.".
- catalog identifier "1555533655 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Women pioneers for the environment.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Northeastern University Press,".
- catalog relation "Women pioneers for the environment.".
- catalog subject "363.7/0092/2 B 21".
- catalog subject "GE55 .B74 1998".
- catalog subject "Green movement History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Green movement History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Women environmentalists Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Tree huggers and tree planters: Amrita Devi, Wangari Maathai, Colleen McCrory, Judi Bari, Harriet Bullitt, Kathryn Fuller -- First lady of environmental science: Ellen Swallow -- Early municipal housekeepers: Caroline Bartlett, Mary Eliza McDowell -- Whistle-blowers under fire: Rachel Carson, Theo Colborn, Mary Sinclair, Dai Qing -- The tide of women's rage: Emma Must, JoAnn Tall, Joan Martin-Brown -- 'Those know-nothing housewives': Lois Gibbs, Cathy Hinds, Michiko Ishimuri -- Combatting death by ecocide: Tatyana Artyomkina, Maria Cherkasova, Maria Gumińska -- Perseverance and patience pay off: Carol Browner, Janet Gibson, Polly Dyer, Pat Waak -- Casting new models: Gro Harlem Brundtland, Hazel Henderson, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Florence Wambugu, Petra Kelly, Hazel Wolf -- Thinking like a river: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Marjorie Carr, Christine Jean -- Women and wildlife: Harriet Hemenway, Margaret Murie, Sarah James, Sylvia Earle, Katharine Ordway -- Women and international forums: Bella Abzug.".
- catalog title "Women pioneers for the environment / Mary Joy Breton.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".