Peggy Wayburn
BornCornelia Thomas Elliott
(1917-09-02)September 2, 1917
New York City
DiedMarch 21, 2002(2002-03-21) (aged 84)
San Francisco
Spouse
John W. Haslett
(m. 1939)
    (m. 1947)
    Children3 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] 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

    1. 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.
    2. 1 2 Author and Environmental Advocate: Peggy Wayburn (PDF). Regional Oral History Office. 1992. OCLC 227489784.
    3. 1 2 "C. Elliott, Mr. Haslett To Be Wed". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 17, 1939. Retrieved September 20, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
    4. "Coming Events". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 17, 1939. Retrieved September 20, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
    5. Columbia Alumni News. Vol. 31. Alumni Council of Columbia University.
    6. "The Notebook". San Francisco Examiner. September 28, 1947. Retrieved September 20, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
    7. 2002 Congressional Record, Vol. 148, Page E483 (April 10, 2002)
    8. Kim, Ryan (March 28, 2002). "Peggy Wayburn -- author, conservationist". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
    9. 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.
    10. Contemporary Authors. Vol. 48. Gale Research Company. 1974. p. 620. ISBN 0-8103-0020-6.
    11. 1 2 Hymon, Steve (March 30, 2002). "Peggy Wayburn, 84; Author and Conservationist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
    12. "Obituaries in the News". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. March 28, 2002. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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