Harriet Mann Miller

Harriet Mann Miller
Born	Harriet Mann (1831-06-25)June 25, 1831 Auburn, New York, U.S.
Died	December 25, 1918(1918-12-25) (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Pen name	Olive Thorne, Olive Thorne Miller
Language	English
Nationality	American
Subject	nature, birds
Spouse	Watts Todd Miller ​ ​ (m. 1854; died 1904)​
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Harriet Mann Miller (pen names Olive Thorne and Olive Thorne Miller; 25 June 1831 – 25 December 1918) was an American author, naturalist, and ornithologist. She was one of the first three women raised to elective membership in the American Ornithologists' Union. Miller wrote stories for leading magazines. At the start of her career, her articles appeared under the pen name "Olive Thorne" while after marriage, she used the signature of "Olive Thorne Miller". Her books include: Little Folks in Feathers and Fur (1879), Queer Pets at Marcy’s (1880), Little People of Asia (1882), Birds’ Ways (1885), In Nesting Time (1888), and also a serial story entitled, "Nimpo’s Troubles", published in the St. Nicholas Magazine, in 1874.^[1]