Florence Page Jacques

Florence Page Jacques (March 7, 1890-January 1, 1972) studied at Millikin University in Illinois before going to Columbia University to do graduate work. She was a budding writer when she met and married Francis Lee Jaques, a wildlife painter, in 1927. The couple spent time camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, which inspired several books on which they collaborated. Their book Snowshoe Country won the John Burroughs Medal in 1946 because of its contributions to natural history. The couple lived in New York for 25 years before moving back to Minnesota, where Jacques’ husband worked at the Bell Museum of Natural History. Their final years were spent in North Oaks, and upon her husband’s death, Jacques published his biography, Francis Lee Jacques: Artist of the Wilderness World.