state, and a national organization bearing that name.

In 1890, a Chicago-based Audubon Society was started under the presidency of E. Irene Rood. About 70 persons joined and the Society was incorporated in 1893.

Within a year of Grinnell founding it his early Audubon Society claimed 39,000 members, eventually growing to 48,862. Each member signed a pledge to "not molest birds". Prominent members included jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.,

1.Previous
3.Next