Marjory Stoneman Douglas, born April 7, 1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduated from Wellesley with straight A’s with the elected honor of “Class Orator.” That title proved to be prophetic.
In 1915, following a brief and calamitous marriage, she arrived in Miami to live with her father, the founder and editor of the Miami Herald. Before long her father asked her to fill in temporarily for the society editor. Marjory soon took over the job full-time, much to her delight. A year later she began to write editorials and stories. During this time she met Carl Fisher, George Merrick, William Jennings Bryan, Cyrus H.K.Curtis, Henry Flagler and John Sewell, among others.