Zonia Baber

Zonia Baber
Portrait of Zonia Baber
Born
Mary Arizona Baber

(1862-08-24)August 24, 1862
Kansas Township, Edgar County, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 1956(1956-01-10) (aged 93)
East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Burial placeEvergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Michigan[1]
EducationUniversity of Chicago (BS)
Occupation(s)Geologist, Teacher, Innovator, Principal, Geographer, Activist
TitleFounder of the Chicago Geographical Society
Zonia Baber collecting fossils at Mazon Creek, Illinois, as part of a Geology class in 1895 (University of Chicago Library)[2]

Mary Arizona "Zonia" Baber (August 24, 1862 – January 10, 1956)[3] was an American geographer and geologist best known for developing methods for teaching geography.[4] Her teachings emphasized experiential learning through field work and experimentation.

  1. ^ Ancestry page about Zonia, December 22, 1862
  2. ^ "Baber, Zonia : Photographic Archive : The University of Chicago". photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  3. ^ Schultz, Rima Lunin; Hast, Adele (2001). Women Building Chicago 1790–1990: A Biographical Dictionary. Indiana University Press. p. 55. ISBN 9780253338525.
  4. ^ Bailey, Martha J. (1994). American Women in Science: From Colonial Times to 1950. Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO.