Cultivators: Margaretta Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris
Margaretta Morris (1797-1867) and Elizabeth Carrington Morris (1795-1865) were sisters from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who worked in botany, entomology, and the natural sciences. They have been credit...
24 Apr 20256min
Cultivators: Margaret S. Collins
Margaret S. Collins (1922-1996) was a pioneering entomologist and civil rights activist, known for being the first African American woman to earn a PhD in entomology. Specializing in termites, she con...
23 Apr 20259min
Cultivators: Chen Shu
Ch'en Shu (1660–1736) was a Chinese painter from the Qing dynasty, known for her exquisite flower-and-bird paintings that blended precision with delicate beauty. As one of the few recognized female ar...
22 Apr 20257min
Cultivators: Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke (1959-present) is an environmental activist, economist, and writer of Ojibwe descent. Winona has dedicated her life to working on issues of land reclamation and food sovereignty, as well...
21 Apr 20257min
Cultivators: Buffalo Bird Woman
Buffalo Bird Woman (c. 1839-1932), also known as Maxidiwiac, was a Hidatsa woman whose recollections on traditional Hidatsa culture, customs, and especially agricultural knowledge, were written down a...
18 Apr 20256min
Cultivators: Hattie Carthan
Hattie Carthan (1900-1984) was a community activist and environmentalist from Brooklyn, New York. She led efforts to preserve trees, revitalize public parks, and improve her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbo...
17 Apr 20257min
Cultivators: Sophie Lutterlough
Sophie Lutterlough (1910-2009) was an American entomologist who spent 40 years working at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She started out as the museum's first woman elevator opera...
16 Apr 20256min
Cultivators: Susan Fenimore Cooper
Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813-1894) was a writer and amateur naturalist, best known for her “Rural Hours,” her nature diary of Cooperstown, New York. The book was reprinted nine times in her lifetime, a...
15 Apr 20258min
