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Mary Ivy Burks of Birmingham, Margaret C. Smith of Eutaw named to women's hall
Mary Ivy Burks, shown here with her husband Robert, was a leading figure in the Alabama environmental movement during the 20th century and will be inducted in the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.
Mary Ivy Burks of Birmingham, Margaret C. Smith of Eutaw named to women's hall
By The Associated Press
February 01, 2010, 12:17PM
MARION, Ala. -- The Alabama Women's Hall of Fame will induct two pioneers on March 4 at Judson College in Marion.
The Hall of Fame announced today that one of the inductees will be Margaret Charles Smith of Eutaw. She was a midwife who delivered more than 3,500 babies in west Alabama. She was 75 years old when she delivered her last baby.
The other inductee will be Mary Ivy Burks of Birmingham. She worked to establish the Sipsey Wilderness Area in the Bankhead National Forest when many believed the Wilderness Act should apply only to the western part of the country.
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