Rosalie Edge - Wikipedia

Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for making us aware that November 3 is the anniversary of the birth of New York socialite, suffragist, and amateur birdwatcher Mabel Rosalie Barrow, better known as Rosalie Edge "who in 1929 established the Emergency Conservation Committee to expose the conservation establishment's ineffectiveness, and strongly advocate for species preservation. In 1934 Edge also founded the world's first preserve for birds of prey — Hawk Mountain Sanctuary near Kempton, Pennsylvania."
By the way I have visited Hawk Mountain Sanctuary many times since I was child.

Rest in peace Rosalie Barrow Edge!

Amazing Role Model for Women Worldwide: The Triumph of Rosalie Edge
"Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s founder Rosalie Edge is an excellent role model for women and conservationists alike. In this video, her granddaughter Deborah Edge describes Rosalie’s accomplishments and how she impacted raptor conservation and women’s history."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk3DMgvquTI

Images:
1. Rosalie Barrow Edge.
2. Rosalie Barrow Edge at the entrance to Hawk Mountain in the Kittatinny Mountains near Kempton, Pennsylvania.
3. Rosalie Barrow Edge with a Hawk.
4. Rosalie at 84, little me at 8. Photo of Edge by Margaret Raymond

Biographies
1. asadi101.wordpress.com/
2. pabook.libraries.psu.edu/l

1. background from asadi101.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/biography/
"Mabel Rosalie Barrow, better known as Rosalie Edge, was born on November 3, 1877 in New York City. She was born into a wealthy family, her father being an importer and an accountant. She attended school at Miss Doremus’ School, and though she couldn’t attend college, she appreciated the education she did receive. As the years went on, she eventually met her future husband on a trip to England. On May 28, 1909, she married Charles Noel Edge in Yokohama, Japan.

Edge’s life took a turn while aboard a trans-Atlantic voyage, when she met Lady Rhondda, a women’s suffrage activist. When she returned to the United States, Edge profoundly helped in the passing of the 19th amendment in 1920, granting women the right to vote. This was just the beginning of her legacy. She soon found a passion for birds, and she gathered a list of over 800 species. In 1929, she received a pamphlet called “A Crisis in Conservation,” written by Willard Van Name, which discussed how the National Association of Audubon Societies (NAAS) allowed for hunting on their land that they owned in Louisiana. In response to the hunting, she formed the Emergency Conservation Committee, and they published many pamphlets over the years. Her final stand was in 1932, when the conservation saw pictures of hawk’s dying in the Kittatinny Mountains. She campaigned to raise the $3,500 in order to purchase the site. On New Year’s Eve, she founded the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, and to this day it is continuing to save birds, conduct research, and run educational programs. She died on November 30th, 1962, and though the Emergency Conservation Committee died out, the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary continues to progress today."

2. Background from pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Edge__Rosalie_Barrow
" Rosalie Edge
Born: 11/03/1877
Died: 11/30/1962
Primary Vocation: Activism
Geographic Connection to Pennsylvania: Kempton, Berks County

Turn of the century conservationist, Rosalie Barrow Edge founded the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton.

Abstract:
Environmentalist Rosalie Barrow Edge was born in 1877 to wealthy parents in New York, New York. After marrying British-born Charles Edge in 1909, she split her time between New York and Europe. She became a dedicated suffragist in 1913. Following the passage of women's suffrage, Edge devoted herself to conservation, battling the Audubon Society and writing pamphlets in the name of the Emergency Conservation Committee, which she founded. In 1934, Edge bought land in the Kittatinny Mountains near Kempton, Pennsylvania, and she founded the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. She died in 1962 in New York City.

Biography
Mabel Rosalie Barrow was born on November 3, 1877, in a brownstone on New York City's Gramercy Square. She was born into a well-off family, led by her father John Wylie Barrow and her mother Harriet. Her father prospered as an importer and as an accountant, having already been attached to the British Embassy in Rome, Italy. Despite her father's death in 1887 and the financial losses that derived from it, Rosalie Barrow was well-educated at Miss Doremus' School. She regarded her inability to go to college a "major deficiency," in the words of her son, and thus she cherished the honorary degrees she was given after coming to prominence. While on a trip to England at the turn of the century she met her future husband. After a suitable courting period, Rosalie Barrow married Charles Noel Edge at Christ Church in Yokohama, Japan, on May 28, 1909. On a trans-Atlantic trip, Edge met a woman who became very important in her life, Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda. The founder of the magazine Time and Tide, Lady Rhondda was a prominent women's suffrage activist. The days spent aboard ship with Lady Rhondda had a profound effect on Edge. Upon her return to the United States, she became a powerful force in the American movement, which culminated in the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. After the women's suffrage cause was won, Rosalie Edge spent a number of years in high society and became a passionate "birder," accumulating a life list of 804 species. She even telegramed her son Peter at school to tell him to stop at New York's Central Park to see a loon in the pond. Her passion was accelerated in 1929 when she received a pamphlet written by Willard Van Name called "A Crisis in Conservation." The pamphlet particularly attacked the National Association of Audubon Societies (NAAS) for allowing hunting on the land it owned in Louisiana. As a life member of that organization, Edge was incensed and began to work to reform the Conservation movement. After meeting Dr. Van Name, she formed the Emergency Conservation Committee, and in a little over three years, she had hounded the officers of the NAAS from their posts. Her Emergency Conservation Committee published numerous pamphlets through the years. Rosalie Barrow Edge's longest lasting legacy began in 1932. She and the rest of the conservation movement saw pictures taken by Richard Pough of hawks dying in the Kittatinny Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania. She first attempted to get the Audubon Society to buy what later became known as Hawk Mountain, but she failed. She then began a year-long campaign to raise the $3,500 necessary to purchase the site. On New Year's Eve 1932, she successfully founded the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary near Kempton, Pennsylvania. The association Edge founded runs the Sanctuary today, saving birds, conducting research, and running educational programs. Rosalie Barrow Edge died on November 30, 1962, at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. With her death, the work of the Emergency Conservation Committee ceased, but the work of the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary she founded continues on today.

Selected Works:
The Audubon Steel-Trapping Sanctuary. New York: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1934.
The White Pelicans of Great Salt Lake. New York: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1935.
Finishing the Mammals. New York: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1936.
The Migratory Bird Treaty With Mexico: Double-Crossing Conservationists and Migratory Birds. New York: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1936.
Roads and More Roads in the National Parks and National Forests. New York: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1936.
Conservation—Come and Get It! New York: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1939.
(With Ellsworth D. Lumley) Common Hawks of North America. New York: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1940.
The Ducks and the Democracy: A Democratic Plea for the Survival of the Waterfowl. New York: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1942.
The Duck Hawk and the Falconers. New York: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1944.
Our Valuable Hawks. Kempton, PA: Hawk Mountain Association, 1956.
Sources:
Brett, Jim. "Rosalie Barrow Edge (1877-1962)." Pennsylvania's Environmental Heritage. 30 July 2005. 2006. portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/rosalie_barrow_....
Edge, Peter. "A Most Determined Lady: Rosalie Edge, 1877-1962." Hawk Mountain.org. 1999. 30 July 2005
"Married." New York Times (29 May 1909): 7.
"Mrs. Charles Noel Edge Dies; Established a Hawk Sanctuary." New York Times (1 Dec. 1962): 20.
Weiss, Don. "Rosalie Edge." Ecology Hall of Fame. 23 Jun. 1999. 1 Apr. 2006. ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/rosalie-edge/biography/>.
Alan Jalowitz
Written by Alan Jalowitz, Spring 2006"

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