Burlingame, Virginia Struble

Virginia Struble Burlingame was born 16 Aug. 1900 to Dr. and Mrs. Linton W. Struble of West Liberty, Iowa. She grew up in Davenport, Iowa and attended high school there. She went on to graduate from Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., in 1928 and from Columbia University's library school in 1933. She taught for two years and was on the library staff of the University of Iowa at Iowa City (1926-1927) and the Kansas Teachers College in Pittsburg (1927-1930). On 12 Sept. 1936 she married Montana historian Merrill Burlingame in Davenport. The couple made their home in Bozeman, Mont. She was a member of the Grand Avenue Christian Church, the Audubon Society, and numerous environmental associations. Burlingame was the author of three children's books: Cactus, The Story of a Porcupine (Bethany Press, 1958); The Little Ducks Who Swam Away From Home (A.S. Barnes, 1961); and Larry Two-Feathers of the Nine bar Ranch (Bethany Press, 1967). She also contributed more than fifty short stories and articles for children and adults dealing with a wide variety of historical and social topics. She was active in her church on a local, state, and national level, attending three world conferences for the church. She died on 19 Nov. 1993.