Marian Isabel Storm (January 30, 1892 – August 20, 1975) was an American writer,

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, poet,

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advocate and conservationist.

Biography

Storm was born in

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."Marian Storm papers"
Smith College. Retrieved 1 December 2020. She was educated at

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and graduated in 1913. She worked as secretary to the Argentine Ambassador in

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(1917–1918). Storm was assistant editor for ''The Countryside Magazine'' (1915–1917) and was a reporter and freelance writer for the ''

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'' (1918–1924) and the ''

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''. She moved to Mexico in the 1930s and wrote about Mexican culture and plant life. She contributed articles on Mexico and nature to leading magazines. She authored books on Mexican culture and history, natural history; animal rights, plant conservation and her travels in Central and

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and

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. Storm authored the first complete account in English of sixteenth-century saint

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. It was positively reviewed in the ''

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'' as an "unusually interesting book, both for the wealth of curious facts it contains and for its sympathetic, thoughtful treatment of the leading character."

Conservation

Storm was a conservationist and saved the Mexican shrub '' Ayuque'' from extinction. She was made an honorary member of the Sociedad de Mexico for her work. In 1941, Storm discovered the shrub and first brought it to the attention of botanist Professor Maximino Martinez who named it ''Balmea stormiae'' in her honour.

Selected publications

*''Minstrel Weather'' (1920) *''Prologue to Mexico'' (1931)"Now, All Roads Lead to Mexico; Miss Storm's "Prologue to Mexico" Is a Pleasing Addition to Recent Books About That Country"
''The New York Times''. Retrieved 1 December 2020 *''Little Known Mexico: The Story of a Search for a Place'' (1932) *''The Life of Saint Rose'' (1937) *''Hoofways into Hot Country'' (1939) *''True Stories from Tarascan Places'' (1941) *''Enjoying Uruapan: A Book for Travelers in Michoacán'' (1945) *''Rights of Animals: An Appeal to Human Beings'' (1951) *''Poems of Sun and Snow'' (1955)

References

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