Gene StrattonGeneva Grace Stratton born on a farm in Wabash County, Indiana on 17 August 1863, was an American author, nature photographer, and naturalist. Living in a rural area, Gene got little academic schooling and alternatively made nature her classroom. Gen revealed an interest in nature and wildlife from an early age. In 1886, Gene married Charles D. Porter, a druggist in Geneva, Indiana. In 1917, Stratton-Porter requested legislative support for the conservation of Limberlost Swamp (a natural preserve for wild plants, moths and birds) and other wetlands in Indiana. She made her launch with The Song of the Cardinal. Among her best known books are Freckles, A Girl of the Limberlost, and The Harvester. During World War I Stratton-Porter went to California and established in 1922 Gene Stratton Porter film company to produce movies of her books. She died in a deadly car accident in 1924. She was entombed in Hollywood Cemetery in California. Read More Read Less