Mary schaffer warren biography

          Mary Schäffer Warren (née Mary Townsend Sharpless), naturalist, writer, photographer, surveyor ....

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        1. Mary Schäffer Warren (–) was an American-Canadian naturalist, illustrator, photographer, and writer.
        2. Mary Schäffer Warren (née Mary Townsend Sharpless), naturalist, writer, photographer, surveyor .
        3. Mary Schäffer Warren was an American-Canadian naturalist, illustrator, photographer, and writer.
        4. She first glimpsed the Rocky.

          5. Thursday, March 8th marks International Women’s Day. This year we honour the memory, achievements and spirit of Yahe–Weha (mountain woman, as she was known to the Stoney), Mary Schäffer Warren.

          Mary Schäffer Warren scrapbook pages, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Hobnails, Beads and Pearls: The Women of the Rockies.

          (Courtesy: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies)

          “Lake Louise is a pearl; Lake Maligne is a whole string of pearls.”

          – Mary Schäffer Warren

          The famed turquoise blue waters of Maligne Lake are bordered by impressive mountain peaks and glaciers.

          The lakes breathtaking natural beauty often leaves visiting tourists awestruck. But did you know that a Quaker woman from Philadelphia first surveyed, mapped and named the geological features (lake, mountains, peaks and glaciers) in the area?

          This remarkable pioneering woman was Mary Schäffer Warren.

          Mary Townsend Sharples was born October 4, 1861 in West Chester, Pennsylvania to wealthy Quaker