Peggy Wayburn | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cornelia Thomas Elliott (1917-09-02)September 2, 1917 |
| Died | March 21, 2002(2002-03-21) (aged 84) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3 daughters, 1 son |
Cornelia Elliott "Peggy" Wayburn (September 2, 1917 – March 21, 2002) was an American author, conservationist, and photographer.
Personal life
She was born Cornelia Thomas Elliott on September 2, 1917, in New York City[1] to Thomas Ketchin Elliott, Jr. and Cornelia Ligon Elliott.[2] Elliott is a direct descendent Henry Laurens Elliott, a South Carolina banker and slaveholding member of the Planter class. She graduated from Emma Willard School.[3] On September 23, 1939, she married John W. Haslett,[3][4][5] changing her name to Cornelia Elliott Haslett.[6] In 1942, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College.[7] In 1945, she moved to San Francisco[8] to work as a copywriter for J. Walter Thompson.[2] In 1946, she met Edgar Arthur Wayburn. Cornelia and Edgar went hiking on Mount Tamalpais for their first date, and they married less than six months later[9] on September 12, 1947.[10]
She died on March 21, 2002, in San Francisco[11] after having an abdominal disease for more than three years.[12] She was survived by three daughters, Diana Wayburn, Cynthia Wayburn, and Laurie Wayburn; one son, William Wayburn; and three grandchildren.[11]
Bibliography
- Wayburn, Peggy (1972). Edge of life; the world of the estuary. Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-057-7.
- Miller, Mike; Wayburn, Peggy (1974). Alaska, the Great Land. Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-110-7.
- Wayburn, Peggy (1978). "The Redwoods: Jobs and Environment". Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 20 (3): 34–39. Bibcode:1978ESPSD..20c..34W. doi:10.1080/00139157.1978.9933060.
- Wayburn, Peggy (1982). Adventuring in Alaska. Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-299-5.
- Wayburn, Peggy (1983). "Legal Hassles over the West's Natural Heritage". Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment. 12 (5): 274. JSTOR 4312939.
- Wayburn, Peggy (1984). "Alaska: the Great Experiment". Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment. 13 (4): 248–252. JSTOR 4313035.
- Wayburn, Peggy (1987). Adventuring in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-711-3.
References
- Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah (2007). Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women through the Ages. Thomson Gale. p. 1970. ISBN 978-0-7876-7677-3.
- Author and Environmental Advocate: Peggy Wayburn (PDF). Regional Oral History Office. 1992. OCLC 227489784.
- "C. Elliott, Mr. Haslett To Be Wed". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 17, 1939. Retrieved September 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Coming Events". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 17, 1939. Retrieved September 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- Columbia Alumni News. Vol. 31. Alumni Council of Columbia University.
- "The Notebook". San Francisco Examiner. September 28, 1947. Retrieved September 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- 2002 Congressional Record, Vol. 148, Page E483 (April 10, 2002)
- Kim, Ryan (March 28, 2002). "Peggy Wayburn -- author, conservationist". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- Thursby, Keith (March 8, 2010). "Edgar Wayburn dies at 103; longtime Sierra Club president helped double U.S. parkland". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- Contemporary Authors. Vol. 48. Gale Research Company. 1974. p. 620. ISBN 0-8103-0020-6.
- Hymon, Steve (March 30, 2002). "Peggy Wayburn, 84; Author and Conservationist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- "Obituaries in the News". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. March 28, 2002. Retrieved August 17, 2020.