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Gr 4–6—Author, photographer, and the first woman to have an important role at the National Geographic Society, Eliza Scidmore grew up in the late 1800s in her mother's boardinghouse in Washington, DC. She loved to travel, and after college and a trip to Alaska, she visited her older brother, who was living in Japan. Scidmore fell in love with the country and its people, and especi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Straightforward (if wordy) text describes the dogged efforts of Eliza Scidmore to have the famous Washington, D.C., cherry trees--symbol of Japanese...Log In or Sign Up to Read More