Rachel Louise Carson was born May 27 1907 , in Spring dale Pennsylvania. She was an outstanding writer, ecologist and scientist. She graduated from college of women in 1929. She also received her MA in zoology in 1932 at the John Hopkins University. She was hired by the U.S. Bureau of fisheries to write scripts for a story called "Romance under the waters". In about 1936 Rachel was the first woman to pass the civil service test. She was then hired as a full time junior biologist by the Bureau of fisheries. After 15 yrs of being in this service she became the chief editor of publications for the American fish and wildlife services. In the 1940's Rachel continued to write books and at the time president Kennedy took a look at one of the books she had written and called for testing from the chemicals written in the book. Rachel Carson was then called the Mother of the Modern Environmental Movement.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Rachel louise Carson
Rachel Louise Carson was born May 27 1907 , in Spring dale Pennsylvania. She was an outstanding writer, ecologist and scientist. She graduated from college of women in 1929. She also received her MA in zoology in 1932 at the John Hopkins University. She was hired by the U.S. Bureau of fisheries to write scripts for a story called "Romance under the waters". In about 1936 Rachel was the first woman to pass the civil service test. She was then hired as a full time junior biologist by the Bureau of fisheries. After 15 yrs of being in this service she became the chief editor of publications for the American fish and wildlife services. In the 1940's Rachel continued to write books and at the time president Kennedy took a look at one of the books she had written and called for testing from the chemicals written in the book. Rachel Carson was then called the Mother of the Modern Environmental Movement.
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hmm. I m not familiar with this woman. Why is she famous? What did she do? Are there any pics of her available?
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