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The Bird Woman

Back at the turn of the century, a Seattle educator set out to teach that birdwatching made good citizens. Adelaide Lowry Pollock was a pioneering educator who moved from one-room schools to modern ones in the early 20th century and made learning about birds a part of the grade school curriculum at her Queen Anne school. She also wrote two books about local birds.

The Bird Woman

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Back at the turn of the century, a Seattle educator set out to teach that birdwatching made good citizens. Adelaide Lowry Pollock was a pioneering educator who moved from one-room schools to modern ones in the early 20th century and made learning about birds a part of the grade school curriculum at her Queen Anne school. She also wrote two books about local birds.

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