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'''Mary Jobe Akeley''' was an explorer, author, mountaineer, and photographer. She undertook expeditions in the [[Canadian Rockies]] and in the [[Belgian Congo]]. She worked at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] creating exhibits featuring [[taxidermy]] animals in realistic natural settings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Hall|first=Henry S.|date=1967|title=Mary Jobe Akeley|url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196745200/Mary-Jobe-Akeley|journal=American Alpine Journal|volume=|pages=452|via=}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/07/22/archives/mary-j-akeley-an-explorer-80-author-and-african-wildlife-expert-for.html|title=MARY J. AKELEY, AN EXPLORER, 80; Author and African Wildlife Expert for Museum Dies|last=|first=|date=1966-07-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-09|page=31|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She worked on behalf of conservation efforts, including being one of the first advocates for the creation of game preserves.<ref name=":2" /> She founded Camp Mystic, an outdoor camp for girls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collections.conncoll.edu/akeley/index.html|title=Mary Jobe Akeley Papers|website=collections.conncoll.edu|access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref>
'''Mary Jobe Akeley''' was an explorer, author, mountaineer, and photographer. She undertook expeditions in the [[Canadian Rockies]] and in the [[Belgian Congo]]. She worked at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] creating exhibits featuring [[taxidermy]] animals in realistic natural settings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Hall|first=Henry S.|date=1967|title=Mary Jobe Akeley|url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196745200/Mary-Jobe-Akeley|journal=American Alpine Journal|volume=|pages=452|via=}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/07/22/archives/mary-j-akeley-an-explorer-80-author-and-african-wildlife-expert-for.html|title=MARY J. AKELEY, AN EXPLORER, 80; Author and African Wildlife Expert for Museum Dies|last=|first=|date=1966-07-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-09|page=31|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She worked on behalf of conservation efforts, including being one of the first advocates for the creation of game preserves.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> She founded Camp Mystic, an outdoor camp for girls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collections.conncoll.edu/akeley/index.html|title=Mary Jobe Akeley Papers|website=collections.conncoll.edu|access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Akeley was an accomplished mountain climber and was a member of the [[American Alpine Club]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> In 1913, she left her teaching job at Hunter to explore the [[Canadian Rockies]]. From 1914-1918, she studied and photographed the mountains and the [[First Nations|indigenous people]] of the area, and took a commission from the Canadian government to explore and map the [[Fraser River]] in British Columbia. During this time, she made several attempts to summit Mount Sir Alexander, and came within 100 feet of the peak. In honor of her work the [[Geographic Board of Canada]] renamed one of the peaks of Mount Sir Alexander as Mount Jobe.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakfinder.com/peaks/697|title=Mount Jobe|last=Schmitt|first=Julia|date=|website=www.peakfinder.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref>
Akeley was an accomplished mountain climber and was a member of the [[American Alpine Club]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> In 1913, she left her teaching job at Hunter to explore the [[Canadian Rockies]]. From 1914-1918, she studied and photographed the mountains and the [[First Nations|indigenous people]] of the area, and took a commission from the Canadian government to explore and map the [[Fraser River]] in British Columbia. During this time, she made several attempts to summit Mount Sir Alexander, and came within 100 feet of the peak. In honor of her work the [[Geographic Board of Canada]] renamed one of the peaks of Mount Sir Alexander as Mount Jobe.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakfinder.com/peaks/697|title=Mount Jobe|last=Schmitt|first=Julia|date=|website=www.peakfinder.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref>


In 1924, she married African explorer and taxidermist [[Carl Akeley]]. In 1926, she accompanied him on his fifth expedition in [[Africa]] (and her first); on the trip, he became sick in the mountains of the [[Belgian Congo]] and died. She completed the expedition; on her return to the United States, the [[Museum of Natural History]] named her to be her husband's successor as the adviser to the development of their African Hall. The Hall was later renamed in the Akeley's honor.<ref name=":2" />
In 1924, she married African explorer and taxidermist [[Carl Akeley]]. In 1926, she accompanied him on his fifth expedition in [[Africa]] (and her first); on the trip, he became sick in the mountains of the [[Belgian Congo]] and died. She completed the expedition, mapping parts of the Belgian Congo as well as [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]], and collecting plant specimens taking hundreds of photographs.<ref name=":3" /> Upon her return to the United States, the [[Museum of Natural History]] named her to be her husband's successor as the adviser to the development of their African Hall. The Hall was renamed in the Akeleys' honor in 1936.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

She returned to Africa in 1935 to [[Transvaal Province]], [[Southern Rhodesia]], and [[Portuguese East Africa]], as well as [[Kruger National Park]] in South Africa. There she photographed [[Zulu people]] and [[Swazi people]].<ref name=":3" /> She returned again in 1947 at the behest of the Belgian crown to inspect the wildlife reserves in the Congo, and to film [[endangered species]].<ref name=":3" />

Akeley died of a stroke in 1966.<ref name=":3" />

== Books ==

* The Restless Jungle (1936)

* Rumble of a Distant Drum (1946)
* Congo Eden (1950)


== Awards and Honors ==
== Awards and Honors ==
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*Mount Jobe in the Canadian Rockies named in her honor by the Canadian government<ref name=":2" />
*Mount Jobe in the Canadian Rockies named in her honor by the Canadian government<ref name=":2" />
* Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame<ref name=":1" />
* Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame<ref name=":1" />

== Memberships<ref name=":2" /> ==

* Royal Geographic Society
* American Alpine Club
* Alpine Club of Canada
* French Alpine Club
* Society of Women Explorers


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 22:44, 9 December 2018

Mary Jobe Akeley
Born
Mary Leonore Jobe

1878-01-29
DiedJanuary 19, 1966(1966-01-19) (aged 87)
EducationA.M. Columbia University, 1909; Ph.B. Scio College, 1897
SpouseCarl Akeley (married 1924-10-18 to 1926-11-17)
Parents
  • Richard Watson Jobe (father)
  • Sarah Jane Pittis (mother)

Mary Jobe Akeley was an explorer, author, mountaineer, and photographer. She undertook expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and in the Belgian Congo. She worked at the American Museum of Natural History creating exhibits featuring taxidermy animals in realistic natural settings.[1][2] She worked on behalf of conservation efforts, including being one of the first advocates for the creation of game preserves.[2][3] She founded Camp Mystic, an outdoor camp for girls.[4]

Biography

Akeley was born Mary Leonore Jobe in Tappan, Ohio on January 29, 1978.[5] She earned a bachelor's degree at Scio College, studied at Bryn Mawr College and earned a master's degree from Columbia University in 1909.[2][3] She taught at Temple University while in graduate school, and at from 1909-1913 Hunter College after graduating from Columbia.[3]

Akeley was an accomplished mountain climber and was a member of the American Alpine Club.[1][2] In 1913, she left her teaching job at Hunter to explore the Canadian Rockies. From 1914-1918, she studied and photographed the mountains and the indigenous people of the area, and took a commission from the Canadian government to explore and map the Fraser River in British Columbia. During this time, she made several attempts to summit Mount Sir Alexander, and came within 100 feet of the peak. In honor of her work the Geographic Board of Canada renamed one of the peaks of Mount Sir Alexander as Mount Jobe.[3][6]

In 1924, she married African explorer and taxidermist Carl Akeley. In 1926, she accompanied him on his fifth expedition in Africa (and her first); on the trip, he became sick in the mountains of the Belgian Congo and died. She completed the expedition, mapping parts of the Belgian Congo as well as Kenya and Tanzania, and collecting plant specimens taking hundreds of photographs.[3] Upon her return to the United States, the Museum of Natural History named her to be her husband's successor as the adviser to the development of their African Hall. The Hall was renamed in the Akeleys' honor in 1936.[2][3]

She returned to Africa in 1935 to Transvaal Province, Southern Rhodesia, and Portuguese East Africa, as well as Kruger National Park in South Africa. There she photographed Zulu people and Swazi people.[3] She returned again in 1947 at the behest of the Belgian crown to inspect the wildlife reserves in the Congo, and to film endangered species.[3]

Akeley died of a stroke in 1966.[3]

Books

  • The Restless Jungle (1936)
  • Rumble of a Distant Drum (1946)
  • Congo Eden (1950)

Awards and Honors

  • Knight of the Order of the Crown by King Albert of Belgium for her conservation work[1][7]
  • Mount Jobe in the Canadian Rockies named in her honor by the Canadian government[2]
  • Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame[7]

Memberships[2]

  • Royal Geographic Society
  • American Alpine Club
  • Alpine Club of Canada
  • French Alpine Club
  • Society of Women Explorers

References

  1. ^ a b c Hall, Henry S. (1967). "Mary Jobe Akeley". American Alpine Journal: 452.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "MARY J. AKELEY, AN EXPLORER, 80; Author and African Wildlife Expert for Museum Dies". The New York Times. 1966-07-22. p. 31. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i 1946-, Duncan, Joyce, (2002). "Mary Lenore Jobe Akeley (1878-1966)". Ahead of their time : a biographical dictionary of risk-taking women. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0313316600. OCLC 47283091. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Mary Jobe Akeley Papers". collections.conncoll.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  5. ^ "Akeley, Mary Jobe (1878–1966) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  6. ^ Schmitt, Julia. "Mount Jobe". www.peakfinder.com. Retrieved 2018-12-09. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ a b Sommer, Carol (2015-09-12). "Legacy of Mystic's Mary Jobe Akeley has global reach". The Day. Retrieved 2018-12-09. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)