Gene Stratton-porter (1863 -1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildLife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company.
Her novel A Girl of the Limberlost was adapted four times as a film, most recently in 1990 in a made-for-TV version..
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 works were translated into several languages, including Braille, and Stratton-porter was estimated to have 50 million readers around the world.
She wrote some best-selling novels and well-received columns in national magazines, such as McCalls.
Gene Stratton-porter (1863 -1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildLife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company
