This Day in History: 1908-05-09

Nancy Newhall A writer known for This Is the American Earth and many other works for photographers Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and Paul Strand, Nancy Newhall was born on this day in 1908. “Like Adams, Newhall was involved with the Sierra Club, and wrote often about issues of conservation. She was sometimes accused of political heavy-handedness on that subject—one uncharitable review of American Earth calls her prose “so full of Message that there is no room for poetry” … but her explication of the political context and motivation of Adams’ work has been important for the Sierra Club and the conservation movement in general.” (Wikipedia)