Second Lady of Conservation Takes Wry Look at the Charles

Title

Second Lady of Conservation Takes Wry Look at the Charles

Description

"Second Lady of Conservation" Dellorice Olson, treasurer of the Izaak Walton League of America (a powerful conservation organization with over 51,000 members) chooses to continue the League's anti-pollution drive by focusing on the Charles River. "It's so dirty," she reflected, "Awful. A perfect recreation area, ruined."

Creator

Diane White

Source

Boston Globe

Date

1966-07-02

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Citation

Diane White, “Second Lady of Conservation Takes Wry Look at the Charles,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed November 22, 2024, https://omeka.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/216.