Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 - April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose landmark book, "Silent Spring", is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement. "Silent Spring" had an immense effect in the United States, where it spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy. She was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Wikipedia
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The author is Rachel Carson, whose "The Sea Around Us" and "The Edge of the Sea" were best sellers in 1951 and 1955. www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Rachel-Carson-Silent-Spring.htm
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was formed in 1975 to preserve and restore this National Register historic site and to offer education programs which advance Rachel Carson's environmental ethic. www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org
SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE is a non-profit scientific research organization dedicated to identifying the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer. www.silentspring.org
Although she intended to study creative writing at the Pennsylvania College for Women, Rachel Carson ended up pursuing her love of the natural world through Biology. www.biographyshelf.com/rachel_carson_biography.html