Martha Maxwell, Natural History Pioneer (Now You Know)

James McVey brings the story of the naturalist Martha Maxwell to the 'Now You Know Bio' series. Martha Maxwell grew up on the frontier in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and traveled west to Colorado on the Oregon Trail. She worked in mining camps and became famous as taxidermist and naturalist. James McVey presents an independent woman struggling to balance needs of family with demands of her careers as naturalist and businesswoman..