Rachel Carson

• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/magazine/how-silent-spring-ignited-the-environmental-movement.html
• http://santarosa.kanopystreaming.com/restricted?destination=node/130818

Rachel Carson's story is about a woman who, through many repercussions and overhauls, found herself falling in love in a field of work that was extremely segregated by sex in her time, science. Growing up with a fond interest in wild life and nature, Carson found herself with degrees in Zoology and Science, even after attempting to major writing and experiencing vast success in the classroom which was recognized by her professors. Carson began to recognize pesticides in the environment that came from chemical war weapons and in foods that were negatively affecting the environment and unbalancing the natural way of life for many plants and animals. DDT specifically was one pesticide that Carson noticed in the environment that became so potent and popular that it began to be sprayed in neighborhoods to kill off insects and bugs, whether the home owners consented or not. In an act of protest, Rachel Carson wrote her book called Silent Spring that warned all readers about the multitudes of bad environmental and health effects that were brought on by DDT and other pesticides. Through her work, Carson not only informed millions of people about an upcoming disaster, she also became a pioneer in feminism by becoming one of the first well recognized female scientists in the United States.