Esther Gulick

Esther Gulick (née Kaufmann, 29 March 1911 - 31 May 1995){{cite news |title=Guardians of Nature |newspaper=Contra Costa Times |date= August 23, 1998 }}{{cite web|title=Esther Gulick (1911 - 1995)|url=http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/esther-gulick/88644909|publisher=AncientFaces.com}} was a pioneer in environmentalism. She, along with Kay Kerr and Sylvia McLaughlin, founded the Save San Francisco Bay Association{{cite book|last=Scott|first=Mel|title=The San Francisco Bay Area: A Metropolis in Perspective|year=1985|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=0520055101|page=316|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlE4hwWVqqwC&q=esther%20gulick&pg=PA316}} which eventually became

Save The Bay.

She was referred to as an "impractical idealist," a "do-gooder" and a "posy-picker"{{cite book|last=Merchant|first=Carolyn|title=Green Versus Gold: Sources In California's Environmental History|year=1988|publisher=Island Press|page=360|isbn=9781610912754|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmGlh4JWEvYC&q=esther%20gulick&pg=PA360}} but she is credited as a leader in environmentalism.