Environmental health advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers is determined to battle “America’s Dirty Secret”: unequal sewage and sanitation access for rural communities and people of color. A MacArthur Genius, she works on multiple fronts to improve public health, economic development, and access to water and sanitation amidst the growing threat of climate change.
Maite Arce is a nonprofit leader and activist who has spearheaded environmental justice and equity, as well as encouraged Latinx communities to enjoy outdoor activities and advocate for conservation of the natural world.
Florence Collins, geologist and aviator, was a woman of adventure and an important part of Denali National Park and Preserve’s long history of scientific research.
Pacific Northwest Indigenous activist Shirley Williams has been a force in using the ancestral homelands of the San Juan Island National Historical Park as a site for community healing through preservation of the Straits Salish culture.
Margaret “Mardy” Murie was a naturalist partner, and a pioneering female conservationist.
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.
Native American activist, economist, and author who has devoted her life to advocating for Indigenous control of their homelands, natural resources, and cultural practices.
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.
New Zealand servant, farmer, environmentalist and nurse