Wild Animals, Gentle Women (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margery Facklam
- First Published: 1978
- Time of Work: 1930–1975
- Setting: The United States, Africa, China, Indonesia, and Canada
- Principal Characters: Belle Benchley, Ruth Harkness, Jane Goodall, Kay McKeever, Hope Buykmihci, Karen Pryor, Eugenie Clark, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas, Leone Pippard
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Science or scientists, Women, Anthropology or anthropologists, Biography, Animals, Zoos, Wildlife, Naturalists, Biology or biologists, Zoology
- Locales: Africa, United States, Canada, China, Indonesia
Form and Content
“Talking to the Animals,” the first chapter of Margery Facklam’s Wild Animals, Gentle Women, traces the development of human interest in animal behavior from prehistoric times to the creation of the field of ethology under the tutelage of Konrad Lorenz. In the chapters that follow, Facklam describes the tenacity of the eleven women she profiles as they overcome social, physical, and political obstacles in order to gain access to the animals. She shows their patience as they spend long hours letting the animals become habituated to their presence,...
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