Lydia Adams-Williams

In the early 1900s, Adams-Williams staked a claim for gold in the Dutch Creek region of Nevada. Her claim did not pan out but she wrote a column about her experience for The San Francisco Call. Adams-Williams went on to pursue a career in Washington, D.C. working for the United States Department of Agriculture, and as a journalist.^[2] One of the topics she wrote and lectured on was the topic of conservation and the problem of deforestation.^[1] Her article Conservation–Women's Work was included in the July 1908 issue of Forestry & Irrigation.^[3] In 1915 her profile of Mrs. Emmons Crocker was included in the American Forestry Association's journal American Forestry.^[4]

In 1921, Adams-Williams ran unsuccessfully for a United States Senate seat in Nevada.^[5]

Adams-Williams was a member of the Woman's National Press Association and the International League of Press Clubs.^[2]

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