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Mabel Osgood Wright (January 26, 1859 – July 16, 1934) was an American writer and conservationist. She was an early leader in the Audubon movement who wrote extensively about nature and birds.
Jan 15, 2021 · A New Yorker, Mabel Osgood Wright, was a leader of the Audobon movement, a conservationist, a native plant advocate, and an author who wrote about gardens, nature, and birds. A talented photographer, Mabel took most of the photographs for her books.
Jan 26, 2014 · Mabel Osgood Wright spent the next two years in the American Museum of Natural History’s ornithology department. Then she wrote the first accessible bird manual, called Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds.
Mabel Osgood Wright. Pioneer Information. A native of New York City, Wright was a prolific nature writer, bird and native plant activist, and an early proponent of protective sanctuaries. She attended Number One Fifth Avenue, a New York girls’ school, and studied nature with her father.
Mabel Osgood Wright (1859-1934) is one of the few women acknowledged for making significant contributions to the early American conservation movement. She remains relatively obscure, but the work of this naturalist, nature writer, educa tor, and activist on behalf of birds and their habitats endures today in a variety of institutionalized forms.
Mabel Osgood Wright, A Friend of Nature. Nineteen hundred and ninety-eight marks the centennial of Mabel Osgood Wright's founding of the Connecticut Audubon society, and a complete celebration of that event should also recognize the many other contributions she made during her lifetime.
That woman is Mabel Osgood Wright, the founder of the Connecticut Audubon Society. Her vast array of accomplishments make her a legend in New England birding circles. Born in 1859, Mabel evolved into a prolific author, photographer, administrator, teacher, lobbyist, birdwatcher, animal rights activist, historian, editor, and wife.
