| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 208 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dock, Mira Lloyd, 1853-1945.
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Dock, Mira Lloyd, 1853-1945. |
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Women conservationists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
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Women conservationists. |
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Pennsylvania. |
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Biographies.
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Conservationists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
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Conservationists. |
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Nature conservation -- Pennsylvania -- History.
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Nature conservation. |
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History. |
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Forest conservation -- Pennsylvania -- History.
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Forest conservation. |
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Progressivism (United States politics)
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Progressivism (United States politics) |
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Social reformers -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
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Social reformers. |
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Civic improvement -- Pennsylvania -- History.
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Civic improvement. |
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Public health -- Pennsylvania -- History.
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Public health. |
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Women -- Suffrage -- Pennsylvania -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rimby, Susan. Mira Lloyd Dock and the Progressive Era conservation movement. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012] 9780271056241 (DLC) 2012028869 (OCoLC)805544834 |
| ISBN |
9780271061504 (electronic book) |
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0271061502 (electronic book) |
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9780271059228 (electronic book) |
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0271059222 (electronic book) |
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0271061510 (electronic book) |
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9780271061511 (electronic book) |
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9780271056241 |
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027105624X |
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9780271058238 |
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0271058234 |
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