Through her work at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania and her own Roots and Shoots program she has become a tireless advocate for animals and the planet.Īs for that stuffed toy, Jubilee still sits on Goodall’s dresser in London. When she was twenty-six years old, she ventured. Jane Goodall did not set out to become an expert on chimpanzees, but her employer, Louis Leakey sent her to Gombe National Park in Tanzania, and life was. During her expeditions she braved many dangers and she got to know an amazing group of wild chimpanzees-intelligent animals whose lives, in work and play and family relationships, bear a surprising resemblance to our own. SUMMARY: A DREAM COME TRUE From the time she was a girl, Jane Goodall dreamed of a life spent working with animals. Jane dreamed of a life spent working with animals, and when she was twenty-six years old, she ventured into the forests of Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild.
While others thought Jane would be terrified by the toy, she adored it and it inspired a life-long love of animals in her. Goodall told Newsweek, reflecting on her memories of that day 19 years ago.Inspired by a stuffed toy, Jane Goodall became the first woman to study chips in the wild and in the process made history.Īs a child, Jane Goodall was given a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee, and she has said her fondness for this figure started her early love of animals. She gave me the CBE which that comes before but it was, now King Charles III who gave it to me. Jane Goodall received her honor on Februwhile Queen Elizabeth II was still on the throne. One of the highest honors handed out to females is a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, while males get a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire-more commonly known as a damehood and a knighthood respectively.Įxamples of Brits who've received the highest honor are Dame Helen Mirren, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Julie Andrews, Sir Michael Caine, Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Paul McCartney.ĭame Dr. The royal family has the ability to hand out various honors to members of Great Britain and other Commonwealth realms. Stefan Rousseau / Patrick Kovarik/AFP via Getty Images
She recalled the events of that day on Februwith Newsweek. Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, received her damehood from then-Prince Charles (both pictured in 2004).
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