Carson, Rachel People History

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."

• BBC Radio 4: Great Lives: Bea Campbell on Rachel Carson - Radio broadcast about Carson's life and work. Audio file, 26:33.
  
• Rachel Carson - Her life and legacy. Includes biography, bibliography and Web links.
  
• The Legacy of Rachel Carson - Biographical details.
  
• Earth Observatory: On the Shoulders of Giants: Rachel 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 - Biographer Linda Lear discusses Carson's role in the modern environmental movement.
  
• Pennsylvania's Environmental Heritage: Rachel Louise Carson - Biography.
  
• The TIME 100: Rachel Carson - Names her as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
  
• Democracy Now!: Rachel Carson - Carson's 1962 speech before the National Women's Press Club. Audio file (39:25) from the archives of the Pacifica Radio program Democracy Now!
  
• Witness for Nature by Linda Lear - Book review of this biography of Rachel Carson, from the Smithsonian Magazine.
  
• Wikipedia: Rachel Carson - Encyclopedia article.
  
• The Rachel Carson Homestead - Carson's birthplace in Springdale, Pennsylvania. Includes information on Carson's life and works, a history of the homestead and visitor information.
  
• New York Times: Obituary - Reports Carson's death in 1964.
  
• Environmental Protection Agency: Rachel Carson - Carson's life and legacy.
  
• A Science Odyssey: Rachel Carson - Short biography.
  
• The Washington Post: A Voice for the Wilderness - Book review of Linda Lear's 1997 biography of Carson. Click to read the first chapter of the book.
  
• Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge - Description of the refuge located in Maine and biographical information.
  
  

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