Mira Lloyd Dock and the Progressive Era conservation movement [electronic resource] / Susan Rimby.
Material type: TextPublication details: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xii, 208 pages :) illustrationsISBN:- 9780271058238
- 0271058234
- Dock, Mira Lloyd, 1853-1945
- Women -- Suffrage -- Pennsylvania -- History
- Public health -- Pennsylvania -- History
- Civic improvement -- Pennsylvania -- History
- Social reformers -- Pennsylvania -- Biography
- Progressivism (United States politics)
- Forest conservation -- Pennsylvania -- History
- Nature conservation -- Pennsylvania -- History
- Conservationists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography
- Women conservationists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography
- 363.70092 B 23
- QH31.D59 R56 2012
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Introduction: Dock, Progressive Era Conservation, and Why It Matters -- A Reformer Grows in Dauphin County -- From Harrisburg to Uhlingen -- The City Beautiful -- "More for Forests" -- "Better Housekeeping Out of Doors" -- "This Has Driven Women into Suffrage" -- An Active Retirement -- Conclusion: Dock's Legacy and Significance -- Epilogue: From Pine Grove Furnace to Wildwood Lake; And Beyond.
"Examines the life of Mira Lloyd Dock, a Pennsylvania conservationist and Progressive Era reformer. Explores a broad range of Dock's work, including forestry, municipal improvement, public health, and woman suffrage"-- Provided by publisher.
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