Gene Stratton-Porter
Author
1863 – 1924
Who was Gene Stratton-Porter?
Gene Stratton-Porter was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She wrote some best-selling novels and well-received columns in national magazines, such as McCalls. Her works were translated into several languages, including Braille, and Stratton-Porter was estimated to have had 50 million readers around the world. She used her position and income as a well-known author to support conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other wetlands in the state of Indiana. Her novel A Girl of the Limberlost was adapted four times as a film, most recently in 1990 in a made-for-TV version.
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- Born
- Aug 17, 1863
Lagro - Also known as
- Geneva Stratton
- Geneva Grace Stratton
- Parents
- Spouses
- Charles D. Porter
(1889 - )
- Charles D. Porter
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Indiana
- Died
- Dec 6, 1924
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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