Rachel Carson
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing, Science, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Pollution, Toxic Waste
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History
Article abstract: A marine biologist and gifted expositor, Rachel Carson wrote many articles as well as three lilting, lyrical books about the sea. She is most remembered, however, for her fourth book, Silent Spring (1962), an exhaustively researched exposé that sparked a national furor over the irresponsible use of pesticides in America.
Early Life
Rachel Louise Carson was born on May 27, 1907, in Springdale, Pennsylvania, approximately eighteen miles from Pittsburgh. Her father, Robert Warden Carson, had purchased at least sixty-five acres of land,...
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