Susan Hagedorn
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Susan Hagedorn is an American documentary filmmaker and nurse practitioner. In 1969, she was identified in contemporaneous reporting as being involved with the Weatherman faction of Students for a Democratic Society, later known as the Weather Underground.[1] She is the daughter of Horace Hagedorn, co-founder of the Miracle-Gro brand and a longtime executive of ScottsMiracle-Gro.[2][3]
Hagedorn is the eldest daughter of Horace Hagedorn, who co-founded Miracle-Gro in the 1950s. Following the merger of Miracle-Gro and Scotts in 1995, the Hagedorn family maintained a substantial ownership stake in the combined company, ScottsMiracle-Gro.[3] Public philanthropic records identify her as a participant in family charitable initiatives associated with the Horace and Amy Hagedorn Fund and related foundations.[4]
Activism
In November 1969, The Boston Globe reported that Susan Hagedorn was among those arrested in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in connection with Weatherman activities and was charged in connection with the investigation following a police shooting at Cambridge Police Headquarters.[5] She was also identified in contemporaneous reporting by The Harvard Crimson as among those arrested in related raids.[6] In later public statements, including quotations published in a 2026 New York Times guest essay written by her daughter, Hagedorn reflected on her involvement in antiwar activism during that period.[7]