,Dianna Olnhausen

Anne Innis Dagg studied giraffes in the wild before Jane Goodall began studying the great apes; yet until this absolutely top-notch documentary came out, few people knew her name or accomplishments, largely because they were ignored by the male academics of her time. THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES is a well-deserved paean to a female scientist whose ground breaking field studies in the 1950's has led to a better understanding of these beautiful creatures and the efforts to prevent their extinction.