In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent ... not all was right with this optimistic picture. Carson was raised in Springdale, Pennsylvania, not far from the polluted, industrial ...

Rachel Carson grew up on a small Pennsylvania farm, where she spent hours exploring the outdoors. She always loved books, and when she was young thought she would be a writer. Her first ...

Like many activists of the '60s, Rachel Carson fights against the tide of public opinion, and copes with professional and personal threats. And, like many activists, she uses mass media to spread ...