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4 unusual facts about Ruth Harkness


China: The Panda Adventure

Set in 1936 China, Ruth Harkness has come to settle the affairs of her husband, Bill, who died while observing the rare and unstudied panda bear.

Ruth Harkness

After passing through Chongqing and Chengdu, the team arrived at a mountainous region, there, on 9 November 1936, they encountered and captured a nine-week-old panda cub.

In 1934, her husband Bill Harkness had traveled to China in search of a panda, but died of throat cancer in Shanghai early in 1936.

Su-Lin Young

In Shanghai, Young met explorer Ruth Harkness, another American woman, who captured the first giant panda to be sent the United States.



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