Zonia Baber

Mary Arizona "Zonia" Baber (1862-1955) was an American geographer and geologist. She is best known for developing a method for teaching geography. [1]

Baber initially worked as a teacher of geography and as a principal in a private school.[2] She began working at the University of Chicago in 1895, and obtained her Bachelor's degree there in 1904.

In 1898 Baber co-founded the Geographic Society of Chicago. She served as the President and was involved with the Society for 50 years.[3] In 1948 she received a lifetime achievement award.

Baber was also involved in social issues. She was considered a feminist, anti-racist and anti-imperialist.[4] In 1926 she represented the women of Puerto Rico in the extension of suffrage to the country. She served as chairman of the Pan-American Committee of the International League for Peace and Freedom.[5]

References

  1. ^ Bailey, Martha J. (1994). American Women in Science:A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO, Inc.. ISBN 0-87436-740-9. 
  2. ^ The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Great Britain: Routledge. 2000. pp. 65–66. ISBN 0-415-92038-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PR13&lpg=PR13&dq=Sophie+Bledso+Aberle&source=bl&ots=hOk6rSV99F&sig=_7WBQ_wl51on_L8c-1UuZ6ui3_c&hl=en&ei=3d-oTcHJE8Tk0QGujdmWDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  3. ^ Geographic Society of Chicago. "Our History". http://www.geographicsociety.org/. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
  4. ^ Monk, Janice (25). "Practically all the geographers were women". Presentation at Society of Woman Geographers Triennial. http://www.iswg.org/about1.html. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
  5. ^ Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party. "Baber, Zonia". The Library of Congress, American Memory. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/mnwp:@FIELD(SUBJ+@od1(+baber,+zonia+)). Retrieved 4 June 2011. 

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