The late Jane Goodall forever changed how the world understands chimpanzees—and how it thinks about conservation itself. Her career, which took her to jungles, lecture halls, and world stages, is also a story of breaking barriers and persistence: transforming an initial lack of college degree and experience into a legacy as one of science’s most iconic advocates.
As a child in war-battled England, Goodall dreamed of Africa—living among live animals and writing books about them. But at the time, such ambitions weren’t seen as realistic for women, who were instead steered toward housework or low-wage clerical jobs.
