IN THE MISTBY JANE GOODALL

ISABELLA

CHILDHOOD

I WAS BORN ON APRIL 3 1934

IN LONDON, ENGLAND.

MY DAD GAVE ME

A STUFFED CHIMPANZEE WHEN I WAS LITTLE.

MY FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER AND AUTO RACER MY MOTHER WAS A NOVELIST

LATER MY SISTER JUDY WOULD GROW UP TO BE A DOCTOR

CHILDHOOD DIFFICULTIES

WORLD WAR II

DAD WENT TO FIGHT IN THE WAR

MOTHER WENT INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION

MOVED TO BOURNEMOUTH, ON THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND DURING WORLD WAR II

SISTER GOT VERY SICK AFTER WORLD WAR II, DAD WAS VERY MOODY

EDUCATION

Started elementary school at age 4

When we moved to the coast we were home schooled

After World War II I went to high school

My parents did not have the money to sent me to college so I took the job as a therapist with animals

I met up with a friend who was working in Kenya, I jumped at the chance of going to Africa

AFRICA

Living in Africa was very exciting for me

I got a job in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya

I met Dr. Louis Leakey, curator of the Natural History Museum

He offered me a job as his assistant.

We did lots of work on the plains of the Serengeti, looking for fossils of ancient humans

Jane and Dr. Louis Leakey

CHIMPANZEES

Dr. Leakey talked to me about the Chimpanzees

He wanted someone to study the Chimpanzees. He wanted someone to study how chimps behave to learn how early humans may have lived

Someone would have to spend years alone in the forest

I was thrilled to take this job

RESEARCH - 1960

Although I was not trained as a scientist, Dr. Leakey felt I would have new ideas about what I was seeing

We needed to raise money for my research. We asked different groups for support. The Wilkie Foundation in the US agreed to help.

The local people worried about my mother and I. They taught me about bush lore. Then the real work started.

WATCHING THE CHIMPS

It took months for the chimps to get used to me

I learned that they ate meat and made and used tools

Not everything was good, some things disturbed me. (violent, territorial, killing baby chimps)

Chimps display human behavior – hugs, kisses, playing games, even tickling

They also like to groom each other

GOMBE

“Avant je suis allé à Gombe, j'ai dû apprendre le français couramment pour communiquer avec tous les chercheurs sur la Gombe.”

Before I went to Gombe I had to learn French fluently to communicate with all the researchers on Gombe.

Meeting the Chimps

Protecting Chimpanzees

Protecting their habitat

Stop the killing of chimps for meat and fur trade

Identifying dangers the chimps face

Improving conditions for captive chimpanzees in zoos

HOW I HELPED CHANGE THE WORLD

Many thought I could not do a real scientific study

I kept my records properly so that others could check it

My reports were more like stories – I gave the chimps names instead of numbers

I needed a new sponsor. The National Geographic Society gave me enough money for another year

After 1975, I began to travel and talk to many groups

Learning from Chimps

FOUNDATION

In 1977, I founded the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation (JGI)

My other efforts included Roots and Shoots to involve students from preschool to college There are over 6,000 Roots and Shoots groups

in all 50 US states and nearly 90 countries

EXPLORER

I am a Commander of the British Empire

The president of Tanzania awarded me the Kilamanjaro Medal

In 2002, I was named as a United Nations Messenger of Peace

CONCLUSION

I believe every person makes a difference every day

In the future I hope that my research will help new scientists to to help the new generation of chimps

QUESTIONS?