WOMEN IN CONSERVATION

                There is not much information on Herma Albertson Bagley, but she was instrumental in the history of women in conservation, as she became the first female naturalist of the National Park Service in 1931 (The Wilderness Society). She spent her career in Yellowstone National Park where she not only created many of the nature trails that still exist today, but established a criterion for all future trails (Shipman). She co-authored a field guide of Yellowstone plants and, in 1952, became the leader of National Park Women, an organization formed within the National Park Service to address housing issues. Additionally, a photo of her is one of the very few in existence that shows The House of Horns, a hut built entirely of shed antlers by Chief Ranger Sam T. Woodring. It was torn down in 1963 to discourage visitors from taking home antlers and other artifacts found in the wild (Yellowstone Insider).