For the Birds - 9780806194158

University of Oklahoma Press

For the BirdsAmerican Ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice\nAuthor(s): Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press, United States\nImprint: University of Oklahoma Press\nISBN-13: 9780806194158, 978-0806194158\nSynopsis\nA first-rate ornithologist, Margaret Morse Nice [tel] pioneered field studies on song sparrows and advocated for womens active role in the sciences. Yet her nontraditional path toward scientific progress, as well as her gender, meant that she had to reach the highest pinnacles of achievement in order to gain prominence in her chosen field. Luckily for Nice, she was more than up to the challenge. In this engaging first book-length biography, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie sheds light on Nices intellectual journey.\n\n The wife of an academic, Nice pursued her own scholarly interests through self-study and by cultivating and creating work partnerships with colleagues. Talented, ambitious, and creative, she did not define herself solely throug.