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Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964) earned a master's degree in zoology and had a career working on publications for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She became known, however, for her writings on nature and on man's relationship to the natural environment, chiefly "Silent Spring," published in 1962, which addressed the risks of pesticides to wildlife The influence of the book was so great that Carson has been called the mother of the modern environmental movement. Other books by Carson include "Under the Sea Wind" and "The Sea Around Us."

Subcategories

• Manuscript Collections
• Sea Around Us, The
• Silent Spring

Resources in This Category

• A Science Odyssey: Rachel Carson

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btcars.html
  Short biography.

• BBC Radio 4: Great Lives: Bea Campbell on Rachel Carson

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/greatlives/campbell_carson.shtml
  Radio broadcast about Carson's life and work. Audio file, 26:33.

• Earth Observatory: Rachel Carson

  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Carson/
  Biography and discussion of the effect of "Silent Spring." From the NASA Web site.

• National Humanities Center: Rachel Carson and the Awakening of Environmental Consciousness

  http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nattrans/ntwilderness/essays/carsonf.htm
  Biographer Linda Lear discusses Carson's role in the modern environmental movement.

• New York Times: Obituary

  http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/05/reviews/carson-obit.html?oref=login
  Reports Carson's death in 1964.

• Pennsylvania's Environmental Heritage: Rachel Louise Carson

  http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/heritage/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=442627
  Biography.

• Rachel Carson

  http://www.rachelcarson.org/
  Her life and legacy. Includes biography, bibliography and Web links.

• Rachel Carson Council, Inc.

  http://www.rachelcarsoncouncil.org/
  Environmental organization, founded in 1965 by Rachel Carson's colleagues, that seeks to carry on her legacy by informing and advising the public about the effects of chemicals on people, pets and the environment.

• Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

  http://www.fws.gov/refuge/rachel_carson/
  Description of the refuge located in Maine and biographical information.

• Rachel Carson: Biography

  http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/rachel-carson/biography/
  Biologist who gave scientific respectability to the environmental movement.

• The Rachel Carson Homestead

  http://www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org/
  Carson's birthplace in Springdale, Pennsylvania. Includes information on Carson's life and works, a history of the homestead and visitor information.

• The TIME 100: Rachel Carson

  http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/carson.html
  Names her as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

• The Washington Post: A Voice for the Wilderness

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/reviews/rachelcarson.htm
  Book review of Linda Lear's 1997 biography of Carson. Click to read the first chapter of the book.

• Wikipedia: Rachel Carson

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson
  Encyclopedia article.

• Witness for Nature by Linda Lear

  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/book_review_jan98.html
  Book review of this biography of Rachel Carson, from the Smithsonian Magazine.

 

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