Alicia Shulman
Anne Bethel Spencer
This blog about gardener, civil rights activist, and poet Anne Spencer invites you to dig deeper into her life and find out more about...
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Margaret Pickoff
Apr 2, 20224 min read
Cultivating the Trained Hand and Mind: The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women
Founded in 1911, the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women (PSHW) was one of the first schools of its kind in the nation. Its...
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Alicia Shulman
Jan 31, 20225 min read
Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Activist and Founder of the Freedom Farm Cooperative
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 – 1977) was born into a sharecropping family in Mississippi and become a leader in civil rights. She established a...
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Julicia James
Apr 22, 20213 min read
Carrie Steele Logan
Although she was born into slavery in Georgia in 1829, Carrie Steele was one of the first black landowners in Atlanta and left behind a...
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Kathleen Salisbury
Jun 25, 20194 min read
Jane Colden: America's First Female Botanist
Jane Colder is now known as America's first female Botanist, but it would take more than a century after her death for the recognition.
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ejc2395
Mar 30, 20192 min read
Gertrude Jekyll: One of the Best Plantswomen of All Time
Gertrude Jekyll’s passion and background in art set her up perfectly to make history. Born in London in 1843, Jekyll grew up on her...
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Lucy Dinsmore
Mar 22, 20197 min read
She Put Her Head Down and Persevered
My great-grandmother was a woman who persevered in the face of family tragedy and challenging economic circumstances. Frances Vaughan...
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Lucy Dinsmore
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Woman of Firsts: Marie Clark Taylor
It took some sleuthing to find this Historic Woman (not of Horticulture) of Botany, but I found her! Marie Clark Taylor (1911-1990) was...
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Kathleen Salisbury
Mar 8, 20194 min read
Anne Ophelia Dowden: Author and Illustrator
“I suppose that if you have a rapport with growing things, it just makes you happy that there is so much of it —even the grass that grows...
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Kathleen Salisbury
Nov 19, 20183 min read
Carol Lerner: Author and Illustrator
I do not have children so it may seem strange that I do have an extensive collection of garden and nature books for children. Mostly they...
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Cat Meholic
Nov 12, 20183 min read
Valerie Finnis
1924-2006 | United Kingdom Guest Blogger, Martha Keen, has written the piece below about the dynamic Historic Woman in Hort, Valerie...
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Rachel Burlington
Apr 27, 20184 min read
Historic Highlight: Rachel Carson
Hi there! For those of you that do not know me, my name is Rachel Burlington and I live in Portland, Oregon. Before I moved here last...
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Cat Meholic
Feb 19, 20181 min read
Where are the Women's Stories?
During conversations about women in horticulture, someone always asks "What famous women in horticulture do you know?" This is usually...
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