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noted that it was "much used by teachers and in schools." Cummings was also a member of the Brookline Historical Society and gave talks to the membership on her travels, such as to Hawaii in 1923, and she was on the science sub-committee of the Brookline Education Society.
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as evidence of Cummings' exemplary status as a "twentieth century woman." She was a member of the tree planting committee from 1902 to 1939, and in 1938 published a book on the committee's history and notable trees of the town. Her book
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Cummings was the first woman to hold a town office in Brookline, when she was elected a member of the town's tree planting committee, from 1902-1939. Cummings was elected an Associate of the
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Year Book of the Brookline Education Society: Constitution, Officers and Members, with a Record of Meetings and Reports of Committees
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Cummings was an active participant in Brookline civic life. In 1897 she contributed a chapter on botany to the town's publication
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Brookline's Trees: A History of the Committee for Planting Trees of Brookline, Massachusetts and a Record of Some of Its Trees
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Hicks, Lawrence E.; Boulton, Rudyerd (1942). "The Fifty-Ninth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union".
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as a valuable guide that "no beginner or would-be beginner should be without", and cited by the
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The Cummings memorial, a genealogical history of the descendants of Isaac Cummings
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Palmer, T. S.; Palmer, Ralph S.; Rapp, William F.; Schorger, A. W. (April 1943).
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Richards, Harriet E.; Cummings, Emma G. (1904). "Baby Pathfinder to the Birds".
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Cummings lived with her sister Mabel Cummings, and died in October 1940 in
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picture from "Baby bird-finder by Harriet E. Richards and Emma G. Cummings
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A Passion for Birds: American Ornithology After Audubon
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She was educated at Boston Art School. 298:Brookline: The History of a Favored Town 56:Brookline: The History of a Favored Town 745:20th-century American women politicians 735:19th-century American women politicians 190: 785:19th-century American women scientists 755:20th-century American women scientists 617: 606: 7: 780:People from Brookline, Massachusetts 412:"The 'Baby Pathfinder to the Birds'" 291: 289: 262: 260: 258: 256: 204:. New York: B. F. Cummings. p.  725:Women horticulturists and gardeners 87:Massachusetts Horticultural Society 34:, and lived mainly in the town of 14: 750:20th-century American politicians 740:19th-century American politicians 765:20th-century American scientists 760:19th-century American biologists 324:"Miss Emma G. Cummings, who was" 296:Bolton, Charles Knowles (1897). 175:(with Harriet E. Richards), 1904 566:"Brookline Historical Society" 300:. C.A.W. Spencer. p. 169. 83:American Ornithologists' Union 1: 790:Biologists from Massachusetts 770:Scientists from Massachusetts 103:as "a convenient and helpful 514:Brigham, Dave (2 May 2017). 173:Baby Pathfinder to the Birds 95:Baby Pathfinder to the Birds 601:The Smith Alumnae Quarterly 554:– via Newspapers.com. 399:– via Newspapers.com. 386:"Interesting Southern Tree" 337:– via Newspapers.com. 181:(with Frances Prince), 1900 806: 503:. 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Index

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Brookline

Bahamas
"A Spring Visit to Nassau"
Popular Science Monthly

American Ornithologists' Union
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Southern United States
The Auk
vade mecum
Boston Herald
The Boston Globe
Boston Herald
Westfield, Massachusetts

The Cummings memorial, a genealogical history of the descendants of Isaac Cummings
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"Obituaries"
doi
10.2307/4079693
JSTOR
4079693




"New England Naturalists: A Bio-Bibliography"

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