For the Birds: American Ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice - Paperbackby Marilyn B. Ogilvie (Author) A first rate ornithologist, Margaret Morse Nice (1883 1974) pioneered field studies on song sparrows and advocated for women's active role in the sciences. Yet her nontraditional path toward scientific progress, as well as her gender, meant that she had to reach the highest pinnacles of achievement in order to gain prominence in her chosen field. Luckily for Nice, she was more than up to the challenge. In this engaging