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{{Short description|American animal welfare campaigner}} |
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| name = Christine Gesell Stevens |
| name = Christine Gesell Stevens |
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| image = Christine Gesell Stevens.png |
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|birth_date = March 10, 1918 |
| birth_date = March 10, 1918 |
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|birth_place = [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]] |
| birth_place = [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]] |
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|death_date = October 10, 2002 (aged 84) |
| death_date = October 10, 2002 (aged 84) |
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|death_place = [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]] |
| death_place = [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]] |
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| occupation = [[Animal welfare]] activist}} |
| occupation = [[Animal welfare]] activist |
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'''Christine Gesell Stevens''' (March 10, 1918 |
'''Christine Gesell Stevens''' (March 10, 1918 – October 10, 2002) was an American [[animal welfare]] activist and [[Conservation movement|conservationist]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Stevens was born in St. Louis, Missouri.<ref name="Government 2001">''Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations For 2001''. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, 2000. p. 540. {{ISBN|0-16-060511-3}}</ref> She studied at the [[University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts]] (1936-1938) and at the Society of Arts and Crafts in [[Detroit]] (1938-1942). She married [[Roger L. Stevens]] in 1938. They had a daughter, Christabel.<ref name="Government 2001"/> |
Stevens was born in St. Louis, Missouri.<ref name="Government 2001">''Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations For 2001''. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, 2000. p. 540. {{ISBN|0-16-060511-3}}</ref> She studied at the [[University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts]] (1936-1938) and at the Society of Arts and Crafts in [[Detroit]] (1938-1942). She married [[Roger L. Stevens]] in 1938. They had a daughter, Christabel.<ref name="Government 2001"/> |
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==See also== |
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==Further reading== |
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⚫ | * [https://awionline.org/sites/default/files/uploads/legacy-uploads/documents/03_WinterQ-1308058012-document-42366.pdf ''The Animals’ Angel Celebrating Christine Stevens’ Passionate Animal Activism'']. ''Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly'' (2003, Volume 52). |
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⚫ | *[https://awionline.org/sites/default/files/uploads/legacy-uploads/documents/03_WinterQ-1308058012-document-42366.pdf ''The Animals’ Angel Celebrating Christine Stevens’ Passionate Animal Activism'']. ''Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly'' (2003, Volume 52). |
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Christine Gesell Stevens
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Born | March 10, 1918 |
Died | October 10, 2002 (aged 84) |
Occupation | Animal welfare activist |
Christine Gesell Stevens (March 10, 1918 – October 10, 2002) was an American animal welfare activist and conservationist.
Stevens was born in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] She studied at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (1936-1938) and at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit (1938-1942). She married Roger L. Stevens in 1938. They had a daughter, Christabel.[1]
Stevens founded the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in 1951 and the Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL) in 1955.[1][2][3] Under Stevens's leadership the SAPL succeeded in helping to pass animal protection laws including the Animal Welfare Act, Humane Slaughter Act, Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.[3]
Stevens was the president of AWI until her death in 2002.[4][5][6] She is considered the mother of the Animal Welfare Act and the Endangered Species Act. She took no salary for her AWI work.[7] Stevens was an honorary trustee of the Bat Conservation International and the New York State Humane Association.[1]
She died at Georgetown University Hospital.[6] The Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards was named in her honour.[8]