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03/15/2022 | Episode 90 | 30:38

Craig Pittman's Welcome to Florida: May Mann Jennings and the Everglades

May Mann Jennings (How Royal Palm State Park became Everglades Nat'l Park)

Our guest this week is Mary Powell, former president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, a national organization, and currently an official with General Federation of Women's Clubs - Florida Federation of Women's Clubs. Mary will tell us all about May Mann Jennings, a key figure in Florida's early conservation movement who was responsible for Everglades protection by the way of Royal Palm State Park which eventually became Everglades National Park.

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