As traditional caretakers of home and garden, women’s clubs lead campaigns to build more parks and gardens in cities, hoping to promote beauty and public health. Women also lead the movement to protect native plants from overcollection.

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Franklin Park: feeding ducks on Scarboro Pond, 1900. Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland company collection, 1899-1974. https://sova.si.edu/details/AAG.MCF?f=topic%3AWomen&f=data_source%3AArchives+of+American+Gardens&s=12&n=12&t=D&q=park&i=20#ref8822