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Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.
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culture · American marine biologist and conservationist (1907–1964) · marine biologist · environmentalist · zoologist · essayist · author · conservationist · non-fiction writer · writer · whistleblower · ecologist · also Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson, Rachel L. Carson, Carson
Born 27 May 1907 · Died 14 April 1964 · Q100948
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2026· 3 entries
The Guardian: An HBCU has banned durags and bonnets. That reinforces anti-Blackness | AD Carson
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BroadwayWorld: Rachel Carson Speaks at Anderson Auditorium
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2025· 2 entries
insider.si.edu: Rachel Carson and her sisters : extraordinary women who have shaped America's environment / Robert K. Musil
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Teen Vogue: Rachel Carson Raised the Alarm About Pesticides in Silent Spring, Changing Environmental History
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2024· 3 entries
Publishers Weekly: Nikki McClure Adapts Rachel Carson's 1956 Script into Picture Book
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Forbes: Silence And Wonder: Rachel Carson And The Power Of Words
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The New York Times: A Long-Forgotten TV Script by Rachel Carson Is Now a Picture Book
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2023· 3 entries
Yahoo: Maine’s Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge to build new visitor center
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MutualArt.com: Rachel Carson
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Beyond Pesticides: Rachel Carson Conservation Park Faces Controversy Over Toxic Herbicide Spraying
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2019· 2 entries
Published “Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association” in Circulation — cited 7,478 times.
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Time created 89 new covers to celebrate women of the year starting from 1920; it chose Carson for 1963
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2017· 1 entry
For the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree during a performance of "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" from the band's 1991 album Achtung Baby
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2012· 1 entry
Silent Spring was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society for its role in the development of the modern environmental movement
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2007· 3 entries
The Rachel Carson Homestead Association held a birthday party and sustainable feast at her birthplace and home in Springdale, Pennsylvania, and the first Rachel Carson Legacy Conference in Pittsburgh with E
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PBS: Rachel Carson's Legacy
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American author Ginger Wadsworth wrote a biography of Carson
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1998· 1 entry
A volume of Carson's previously unpublished work was published as Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson, edited by Linda Lear
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1995· 1 entry
As Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952–1964: An Intimate Portrait of a Remarkable Friendship, edited by Martha Freeman, Dorothy's granddaughter, who wrote at publication: "A few comment
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1994· 1 entry
An edition of Silent Spring was published with an introduction written by Vice President Al Gore
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1991· 1 entry
Is awarded to women who have made a contribution in the field of environmental protection
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1985· 2 entries
Awarded Maryland Women's Hall of Fame (1985).
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North Carolina renamed one of its estuarine reserves in honor of Carson, in Beaufort
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1980· 2 entries
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Jimmy Carter (1980).
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Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States
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1973· 2 entries
Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (1973).
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Carson was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
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1970· 1 entry
Addressed another concern that Carson had brought to light
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1969· 1 entry
The Coastal Maine National Wildlife Refuge became the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge; expansions will bring the size of the refuge to about 9,125 acres (3,693 ha)
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1965· 1 entry
Rodell arranged for the publication of an essay Carson had intended to expand into a book: The Sense of Wonder
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1964· 3 entries
Died 1964-04-14.
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“We have been troubled about the world, and had almost lost faith in man; it helps to think about the long history of the earth, and of how life came to be. And when we think in terms of millions of years, we are not so impatient that our own problems be solved tomorrow.”
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“To me, Dr. Albert Schweitzer is the one truly great individuals our modern times have produced.”
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1963· 4 entries
Won Cullum Geographical Medal (1963).
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Won Audubon Medal (1963).
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Largely backing Carson's scientific claims
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“The Pollution of our Environment”
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1955· 1 entry
Completed the third volume of her sea trilogy, The Edge of the Sea, which focuses on life in coastal ecosystems, particularly along the Eastern Seaboard
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1953· 1 entry
Carson began library and field research on the ecology and organisms of the Atlantic shore
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1952· 4 entries
Awarded National Book Award for Nonfiction for The Sea Around Us (1952).
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Won John Burroughs Medal for The Sea Around Us (1952).
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Which was followed by The Edge of the Sea in 1955 — both were also bestsellers
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Carson was able to give up her job in order to concentrate on writing full-time
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1951· 2 entries
The book was published by Oxford University Press
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Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1951).
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1950· 1 entry
Awarded AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award (1950).
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1949· 1 entry
Was appointed chief editor of publications, which allowed her increased opportunities for fieldwork and freedom in choosing her writing projects; however, it also entailed increasingly tedious administrative responsi
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1936· 1 entry
Became the second woman hired by the Bureau of Fisheries for a full-time professional position, as a junior aquatic biologist
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1935· 1 entry
Carson's father died suddenly, worsening their already critical financial situation and leaving Carson to care for her aging mother
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1934· 1 entry
Carson was forced to leave Johns Hopkins to search for a full-time teaching position to help support her family during the Great Depression
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1932· 1 entry
Studied at Johns Hopkins University, Master of Arts (1929–1932).
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1929· 1 entry
Studied at Chatham University (1925–1929).
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1928· 1 entry
But was forced to remain at the Pennsylvania College for Women for her senior year due to financial difficulties
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1907· 2 entries
On a family farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania, located by the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh
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Born 1907-05-27.
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