Women pioneers for the environment

Tree huggers and tree planters: Amrita Devi, Wangari Maathai, Colleen McCrory, Judi Bari, Harriet Bullitt, Kathryn Fuller

First lady of environmental science: Ellen Swallow

Early municipal housekeepers: Caroline Bartlett, Mary Eliza McDowell

Whistle-blowers under fire: Rachel Carson, Theo Colborn, Mary Sinclair, Dai Qing

The tide of women's rage: Emma Must, JoAnn Tall, Joan Martin-Brown

'Those know-nothing housewives': Lois Gibbs, Cathy Hinds, Michiko Ishimuri

Combatting death by ecocide: Tatyana Artyomkina, Maria Cherkasova, Maria Gumińska

Perseverance and patience pay off: Carol Browner, Janet Gibson, Polly Dyer, Pat Waak

Casting new models: Gro Harlem Brundtland, Hazel Henderson, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Florence Wambugu, Petra Kelly, Hazel Wolf

Thinking like a river: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Marjorie Carr, Christine Jean

Women and wildlife: Harriet Hemenway, Margaret Murie, Sarah James, Sylvia Earle, Katharine Ordway

Women and international forums: Bella Abzug.