Gene Stratton-Porter
American writer and naturalist (1863-1924) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 61
Gene Stratton-Porter, born Geneva Grace Stratton, was an American writer, nature photographer, and naturalist from Wabash County, Indiana. In 1917 Stratton-Porter urged legislative support for the conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other wetlands in Indiana.
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One of Stratton-Porter's early nature photographs of owls, one of her favorite birds to study and photograph.
Limberlost State Historic Site, western side
Gene's Cabin at Wildflower Woods is the present-day Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site on Sylvan Lake in Rome City, Noble County, Indiana.
Home of author, photographer, and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, Catalina Island, 1926.
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Front cover of Moths of the Limberlost (1912)About this person
She was also a silent film-era producer who founded her own production company, Gene Stratton Porter Productions, in 1924.
