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About Ruth Harkness
In 1936, New York socialite and dress designer Ruth Harkness, who once said she wouldn’t walk a block in Manhattan if she could take a cab, set out on an impossible journey to do an impossible task. She traveled to the most rugged and remote terrain of China to capture one of the planet’s most elusive creatures, the panda bear. She walked up to thirty miles a day in her quest, amid the dangers of China’s raging civil war. Winning the race to be the first person to bring a live giant panda to the west, she set off a national sensation in the U.S. upon her return.
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- "The Lady and the Panda." Living on Earth. Somerville, Massachusetts, 18 Aug. 2006. Web. Transcript.
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Ruth Harkness's Timeline
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September 21, 1900
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Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1947 |
July 20, 1947
Age 46
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Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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