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Naomi Klein

Canadian author, professor, activist, and filmmaker

Dr Joyce Vickery

Joyce Vickery was a forensic botanist who was most noted for her work on the kidnap and murder case of Graham Thorne in 1960.

The “Mother of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area,” Amy Meyer is a Bay Area conservationist who helped forge local and national support to preserve the land at the Golden Gate as a national park in the 1970s.

Polly Dyer

Polly Dyer was a Seattle conservationist and environmentalist. Her dedication to safeguarding Washington’s Olympic coastline and forests and to protecting wilderness areas across the state had a profound impact on the successful preservation of Washington’s natural areas.

Susan Balbas

Susan Balbas is the co-director of the Na’ah Illahee Fund, an organization based in the Pacific Northwest which focuses on supporting Indigenous communities and environmental conservation efforts.

Kathleen Hebert

Kathleen Hebert is a water conservationist and tidepool expert. In 2003, she left her position as Vice President of Microsoft to devote her life to environmentalism and conservation.

Catherine Montgomery

Canadian-American suffragist, philanthropist, founding faculty member, environmentalist, leader of the women’s club movement in the 1890’s and a 1920 Democratic candidate for state superintendent.

Hazel Wolf

Hazel Wolf was well known as an environmentalist and social activist.

Janet McCloud

Native American activist

Elaine Marsh

Elaine Marsh is a long-time Ohio environmental advocate, best known for her leadership in restoring the Cuyahoga River.