father: Gerald Moncrieffe Livingston, a governor of the New York Stock Exchange
mother: Eleanor Hoffman Rodewald
Mary was an U.S. horticulturist, entomologist, photographer, and scientific collector.
She worked in a clerical position for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. She met Sidney Dillon Ripley, who were both working for the OSS, while stationed in Sri Lanka (then:Ceylon). They married in 1949. They had three daughters, Julie Dillon Miller, Rosemary L. Ripley, and Sylvia McNeill Addison. She also accompanied her husband on ornithological and entomological expeditions to India, Bhutan, Indonesia and Irian Jaya.
Mary's work of organizing volunteers led to the creation of the Smithsonian Institution's Women's Committee.
The Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, part of the Smithsonian Gardens, is named after her.
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mother: Eleanor Hoffman Rodewald
Mary was an U.S. horticulturist, entomologist, photographer, and scientific collector.
She worked in a clerical position for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. She met Sidney Dillon Ripley, who were both working for the OSS, while stationed in Sri Lanka (then:Ceylon). They married in 1949. They had three daughters, Julie Dillon Miller, Rosemary L. Ripley, and Sylvia McNeill Addison. She also accompanied her husband on ornithological and entomological expeditions to India, Bhutan, Indonesia and Irian Jaya.
Mary's work of organizing volunteers led to the creation of the Smithsonian Institution's Women's Committee.
The Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, part of the Smithsonian Gardens, is named after her.
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father: Gerald Moncrieffe Livingston, a governor of the New York Stock Exchange
mother: Eleanor Hoffman Rodewald
Mary was an U.S. horticulturist, entomologist, photographer, and scientific collector.
She worked in a clerical position for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. She met Sidney Dillon Ripley, who were both working for the OSS, while stationed in Sri Lanka (then:Ceylon). They married in 1949. They had three daughters, Julie Dillon Miller, Rosemary L. Ripley, and Sylvia McNeill Addison. She also accompanied her husband on ornithological and entomological expeditions to India, Bhutan, Indonesia and Irian Jaya.
Mary's work of organizing volunteers led to the creation of the Smithsonian Institution's Women's Committee.
The Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, part of the Smithsonian Gardens, is named after her.
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mother: Eleanor Hoffman Rodewald
Mary was an U.S. horticulturist, entomologist, photographer, and scientific collector.
She worked in a clerical position for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. She met Sidney Dillon Ripley, who were both working for the OSS, while stationed in Sri Lanka (then:Ceylon). They married in 1949. They had three daughters, Julie Dillon Miller, Rosemary L. Ripley, and Sylvia McNeill Addison. She also accompanied her husband on ornithological and entomological expeditions to India, Bhutan, Indonesia and Irian Jaya.
Mary's work of organizing volunteers led to the creation of the Smithsonian Institution's Women's Committee.
The Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, part of the Smithsonian Gardens, is named after her.
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