Overlooked Research in Environmentalism, Stewardship, and Preservation: How Mardy Murie Epitomizes Just Education in Conservation

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Friday 11:40 am Four Seasons Ballroom 1
  In Roundtable Session: The Biographical and Documentary Research SIG Roundtable (Table 4)

Abstract

The objective of this presentation is to highlight results of an investigation of the work of Margaret Elizabeth Thomas Murie, affectionally known as “Mardy” Murie, a naturalist, writer, adventurer, conservationist, and feminist. Hailed as the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, she helped in the passage of the Wilderness Act and was instrumental in creating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She was the recipient of the Audubon Medal, the John Muir Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the United States. Utilizing social practices approach framework, this study contributes to conservation, stewardship, and the field of biographical research. Murie work epitomizes research, remedy, and repair in environmentalism.

Authors

• Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, Louisiana State University

• Hayley Alyce Graham, Louisiana State University