Connections to the Land

This list of women uphold values related to the health and protection of the natural environment. Their work is expansive, ranging from advocacy to education to landscape cultivation. These women have fostered intimate connections to the land and are actively engaging future generations to ensure sustainable development. Through established cultures of care, these women affect systemic and individual change to ensure healthy and livable environments for all species.

Judith Eleanor Motley Low

1841

Ellen Biddle Shipman

1869

Dazelle Foster Lowe

1894

Maria Teresa Parpaglilo Shepard

1903

Elizabeth Lawrence

1904

Jane Silverstein Ries

1909

Cheng Xuke
程绪珂

1922

Agnes Denes

1931

Maya Lin

1959

Hattie Carthan

1965

Jenga Mwendo

1983

Portia
Adu-Mensah

1986

Mamy Tall

1993

Hilda Flavia Nakabuye

1997

Hana Almadunnin

Contemporary

Victoria Marwa Heilman

Contemporary

Diane Allen

Contemporary


Abra Lee

Contemporary

Dolly Perez

Contemporary

Joan Razafimaharo

Contemporary

Winona LaDuke

Contemporary

Adella Begaye

Contemporary

Debby Tewa

Contemporary

Arlene Christy D. Lusterio

Contemporary

Gloryrose Dy-Metilla

Contemporary