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Margaret Murie

Margaret “Mardy” Murie was a naturalist partner, and a pioneering female conservationist.

Lucille Vinyard

Known as the “Mother of Redwoods” for her environmental organizing, her work contributed to the creation of Redwood National Park in 1968 and its subsequent expansion in 1978.

Winona LaDuke

Native American activist, economist, and author who has devoted her life to advocating for Indigenous control of their homelands, natural resources, and cultural practices.

MaVynee Betsch

Environmental activist who worked to preserve and protect a historically African-American beach on Florida’s Atlantic coast.

Before her death in 2019 at age 95, Agnes Baker-Pilgrim was the oldest living member of the Takelma Tribe. Better known as Grandma Aggie, Baker-Pilgrim was deeply committed to her role as a tribal elder. She mentored Indigenous youth in Oregon while traveling the world well into her eighties as an activist for Indigenous and environmental rights.

Mary Dawson

New Zealand servant, farmer, environmentalist and nurse

Matilda Meech

New Zealand shopkeeper and businesswoman. In 1891, Meech filed suit against Wellington City Council for the pollution of her baths caused by their destructor plant; she won the case and £200 as compensation

Anastasia Baburova

Ukrainian journalist and activist known for her work in antifascist and eco-anarchist movements.

Florence Merriam Bailey

American ornithologist, naturalist, and author

Miriam O’Brien Underhill

Mountaineer, environmentalist and feminist proponent of all-women climbs