# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eliza-ruhamah-scidmore
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:57:28.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eliza-ruhamah-scidmore"
name: "Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore"
slug: "eliza-ruhamah-scidmore"
description: "Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (1856–1928) was an American journalist and travel writer who wrote books on Alaska, Japan, Java, China and India. She was the first woman on the board of the National Geographic Society. She introduced the idea of planting Japanese cherry trees in Washington, D.C., a vision that became a reality in 1912."
tagline: "American writer and photographer (1856-1928)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eliza_Ruhamah_Scidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1856-10-14"
deathDate: "1928-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.17
  momentum:             5.901639344262294
  historical:           11.621744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump