Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The “first lady of the Everglades,” Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a pioneering environmentalist who wrote The Everglades: The River of Grass in 1947, the same year she attended the dedication of Everglades National Park. Douglas, the daughter of the Miami Herald’s founding editor, Frank Stoneman, died in 1998 at age 108.

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3/20/1993, Al Diaz/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 102, finds a new friend, Lauren McGhan, 6, at the Coconut Grove park named for Douglas. A tree was planted in honor of Douglas on Arbor Day.
2/2/1984, Bob East/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas waits for more questions at her press conference.
4/7/1990, Albert Coya/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas arriving at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center with Dr. Sharon Richardson, left, national secretary of Friends of the Everglades, and Harvey Rubin.
6/11/1990, Candance Barbot/Miami Herald Staff: Treating gubernatorial candidate Lawton Chiles like the younger "school boy," 100-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas teases with Mr. Chiles during a press conference in front of her Coconut Grove home, where she officially endorses the candidate.
6/14/1991, L.E. Baskow/Miami Herald Staff: State Rep. Susan Guber, D-Coconut Grove, gave environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas the deed to her Grove cottage Friday. The Land Trust of Dade County bought the property for $300,000 but gave Douglas a life interest in the cottage. The cottage may one day be turned into a museum commemorating the life of the 101-year-old environmentalist.
8/24/1976, Bill Kuenzel/Miami Herald Staff: Harriet Grinnell, left, presents bouquet to Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
7/20/1982, Andrew Innerarity/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, after hearing on "mercy hunt" of Everglades deer.
9/22/1985, Pete Cross/Miami Herald Staff: Miami Herald Publisher Dick Capen presents The Miami Herald's Spirit of Excellence Award to Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
1/21/1988, Tim Chapman/Miami Herald Staff: Florida Gov. Bob Martinez signed an executive order protecting the Everglades and handed the pen to the champion of the Everglades, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, at a ceremony at Fairchild Tropical Gardens.
7/26/1984, Trish Robb/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Florida Gov. Bob Graham on the bank of the Kissimmee River at a media event to officially open the restoration of the river.
4/7/1994, Jon Kral/Miami Herald Staff: Majory Stoneman Douglas getting a happy birthday cake from her friends, left, Sharyn Richardson (Friends of the Everglades) and, right, Theo Longe of Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center. Marjory is 104 years old.
3/31/1983, John Walther/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, who will celebrate her 93rd birthday Thursday, April 7, sits on her back patio at 3744 Stewart Ave., Coconut Grove
11/11/1957, Bob East/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
3/25/1948, Bob Verlin/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas smiles with a book.
11/6/1947, Bill Kuenzel/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas autographs her new book in Burdines book store. Here she signs for Jean Wall, 7 years old, and Mrs. Jack Wall, of 1744 Allapatah Drive.
9/28/1984, Albert Coya/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas at her home in Coconut Grove.
3/25/1948, Bob Verlin/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas poses with books.
3/31/1975, Albert Coya/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas at her home at 3744 Stewart Ave., Coconut Grove.
4/7/1985, Andrew Innerarity/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas in the Everglades. She took a canoe ride with Seminole Indian George Billie.
4/7/1985, Andrew Innerarity/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas gets help from Seminole George Billie getting settled for a canoe ride into the Everglades.
4/7/1990, Albert Coya/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas celebrating her 100th birthday at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center on Key Biscayne.
2/5/1953, Bill Sanders/Miami Herald Staff: Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
4/7/1990, Brian Smith/Miami Herald Staff: Crusade continues: Marjory Stoneman Douglas outside her home in Coconut Grove, wrote "The Everglades: River of Grass."

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