Shirley Lasseter

Item Data

  • Collection Title: Shirley Lasseter Collection
  • Item Title: Kathy Cantwell at Little Orange Creek & at Home
  • ID Number: SL-054
  • Date Range: 2010
  • Description: At Little Orange Creek Conservation & Environmental Center (LOCCHEC), Kathy Cantwell explains the historic and environmental importance of the site. At home, she shares her medical situation with close friends.
  • Biographical/Historical Note: Pediatrician and environmental activist, Kathy Cantwell, M.D., was born September 8, 1949, in Troy, NY, and died in Gainesville, FL on July 20, 2010. She was a founder of Belles on Bykes, which is documented in Lasseter's "Tits & Belles," (D-49 SL-049) She was also a wilderness backpacker and canoed. In 1988, a car crashed into her while she was bicycling. From that time forward, she was confined to a wheelchair. She closed her practice and dedicated the next two decades to fighting for the environment. She headed the Suwannee-St. Johns Group of the Sierra Club, served on the board of Women for Wise Growth, chaired the Clean Air and Water Political Action Committee of Alachua County, and belonged to several other enbironmental boards and committees. She was a driving force behind the preservation of Little Orange Creek and the establishment of Little Orange Creek Conservation & Environmental Center. In 2010, at age 60, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She chose to have her "Celebration of Life" while she was still alive and turned into a fundraiser for Little Orange Creek. She chose a green burial, the first at the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery. Shirley Lasseter's collection includes 00 pieces that include Cantwell: SL-035, SL-0936, SL-045, SL-046, SL-049, and SL-054. Related Link: Kathy Cantwell's Blog: https://kathycantwell.blogspot.com/2010/11/press-release-re-locchec.html
  • Genres: Amateur Films
  • Places: Little Orange Creek Nature Park, Alachua County, Florida
  • Access & Use: Contact Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. No re-use without permission. LHMP must contact film donor & participants with regard to any re-use.
  • Color or B&W: Color
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  • Running Time: 56:35
  • Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) shares rights with Shirley Lasseter during Lasseter's lifetime. Participants also have the right to approve uses of material they appear in during their lifetimes.
  • Sound: Sound
  • Subjects: Lesbians, Environment
  • Creators: Shirley Lasseter
  • Collaborators & Participants: Kathy Cantwell For further information or to share related memories, email us at info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org.
  • Source Format:
  • Format: DVD
  • Viewing Log: 00-39:51 Kathy Cantwell explains the historical & environmental importance of the Little Orange Creek site. 39:57-end: Kathy at home, saying goodby to her closest friends who embrace her.