Rachel Carson #2

Books: Sent an article to Atlantic Monthly Under the Sea Wind (1942) The Sea Around Us (1952) The Edge of the Sea (1956 Silent Spring (1960) Honors and Awards: Eugene F. Saxton Memorial Fellow Ship (1949) National Book Award (1951, 1952) John Burroughs Medal (1952) Achievement Award (1956) Audubon Medal (1963) Quote by Rachel Carson: “Biology has given me something to write about. I will try in my writing to make animals in the woods and waters…as alive to others as they are to me” Benefits: The president investigated her in 1963 and found out that she was right Six years after she dies in 1964 the chemicals stopped being sprayed Challenges: In 1935 her father died The lobbyists tried to convince the public that Rachel’s findings were incorrect Work: She worked as a marine biologist from 1935 to 1949 For three years she served as chief editor for all the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Publications When She Died: She dies of cancer in April 1964 Photo Websites: http://www.fws.gov/rachelcarson/#bio http://www.fws.gov/rachelcarson/RC_Conservation_Legacy.pdf http://www.rachelcarson.org/?v1=About&v2=Biography edgesea3.jpg SilentSpringCover.jpg undersea_new.gif rc4.jpg T051359A.jpg Works Cited Carson, Rachel. “Rachel Carson.” Biography Today. 1997. “Rachel Carson: A Conservation Legacy.” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 28 Dec. 2007. 8 May 2008 <http://www.fws.gov//#bio>. Stanly, Phyllis M. American Enviromental Heros. Berkely Hights: Enslow, 1996.