Rachel Carson, a timid, intelligent, and courageous scientist and writer, set the precedent for future women scientists by making a bold claim about the pesticide DDT in her most acclaimed book Silent Spring. She saw the dangers of certain pesticides and felt it her duty to alert the public to these dangers. She cared deeply about nature and spent many hours outdoors. Not only did she spark the environmental movement, but she also set the bar for how society as a whole should treat the environment.
Thesis:
Rachel Carson's exposure of the harmful pesticide Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT) paved the way for future women scientists and ultimately led to the creation of the most important chemical ban in the history of the United States.
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
-Rachel Carson, The Real World Around Us, 1954
-Rachel Carson, The Real World Around Us, 1954
*The illustration used for the header on each page is by Valero Doval. He was recruited by The New York Times Magazine to draw inspiration from Rachel Carson's Silent Spring for a 2012 article.
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