[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 807 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 807

Honoring the life of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, champion of the Florida 
      Everglades and founder of Florida's environmental movement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2007

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Putnam, Mr. 
    Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Meek of 
Florida, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Mack, Ms. 
   Castor, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
   Florida, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Boyd of Florida, Ms. Wasserman 
 Schultz, Mr. Mica, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
Crenshaw, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Keller of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, 
   Mr. Miller of Florida, and Mr. Buchanan) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the life of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, champion of the Florida 
      Everglades and founder of Florida's environmental movement.

Whereas Marjory Stoneman Douglas was born on April 7, 1890, in Minneapolis, 
        Minnesota, as the daughter of Frank Stoneman and the first publisher of 
        The Miami Herald;
Whereas Marjory Stoneman Douglas graduated from Wellesley College in 1912 where 
        she was a member of the literary group Scribblers, editor-in-chief of 
        the yearbook, and served on the executive board of the Equal Suffrage 
        League;
Whereas Marjory Stoneman Douglas served in the Red Cross in Europe during World 
        War I;
Whereas Marjory Stoneman Douglas moved to Miami in 1915 and became a reporter 
        and writer at The Miami Herald where she wrote about progressive issues 
        such as the fight for women's rights, racial justice, and environmental 
        conservation;
Whereas Marjory Stoneman Douglas wrote dozens of short stories that were 
        published in the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, and Woman's Home 
        Companion throughout the 1920s, 30s, and 40s;
Whereas in 1947 Marjory Stoneman Douglas wrote a ground-breaking book titled The 
        Everglades: River of Grass that helped to draw national attention to a 
        vast and little-known area that South Florida developers had deemed a 
        worthless swamp;
Whereas in the same year, Marjory Stoneman Douglas' book mustered the public 
        support to guard this subtropical marshland through a declaration from 
        President Harry Truman, officially protecting the Everglades as a 
        National Park;
Whereas at the age of 78, Marjory Stoneman Douglas founded the Friends of the 
        Everglades, an educational and advocacy group dedicated to the 
        protection and restoration of this ecosystem that continues to be at 
        forefront of Florida conservation;
Whereas in November 1993, President Bill Clinton awarded Marjory Stoneman 
        Douglas the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given to a 
        civilian;
Whereas this year marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of her book, The 
        Everglades: River of Grass; and
Whereas Marjory Stoneman Douglas passed away in 1998 living to the age of 108, 
        her ashes scattered in the Everglades she worked so tirelessly to 
        preserve: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the life, 
achievements, and distinguished career of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 
pioneer in the field of conservation, on the occasion of the 60th 
anniversary of the publication of The Everglades: River of Grass.
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