Cultivators: Hattie Carthan

Womanica

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History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Hattie Carthan (1900-1984) was a community activist and environmentalist from Brooklyn, New York. She led efforts to preserve trees, revitalize public parks, and improve her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, most notably saving a Southern magnolia tree. She received a distinguished service medal from the city and was elected to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's governing committee.

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1:18.4	experimented, or went to great lengths to better understand and protect the natural world.
1:25.8	You're traveling into Brooklyn, New York, on the G-Train, towards Bedford and Nostrand Station.
1:32.3	After the subway screeches to a halt, you emerge from the northwest subway exit and walk east on Lafayette.
1:39.8	You come face to face with a 140-year-old giant southern magnolia tree, with glossy leaves and lemon-scented blooms.
1:49.0	To the right, you notice a painted mural framed by a magnolias with a woman in the center.
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