Rachel+Carson

= Rachel Carson =

====Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She was a writer, scientist, and an ecologist. She was introduced to nature and its beauty by her mother; Rachel fell in love. She went to college to study marine biology. She graduated from Pennsylvania College (which is now known as Catham College), in 1929. Rachel then went to Johns Hopkins and received her MA in zoology, in 1932. She started working for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries writing radio scripts during the Depression. She then began her 15 year career in the Federal Service as a scientist and editor in 1936. She later was promoted to Editor-in-Chief of all the publications for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. ====

====In her free time, she enjoyed writing. Rachel wrote 2 books on her ocean studies. One was called "Under the Sea Wind", written in 1941, and "The Edge of the Sea", written in 1955. Carson resigned from government services in 1952 to devote herself to writing. After the war, agricultural scientists began using DDT, which is a pesticide used to kill insects. This chemical was being ingested by birds and as a result, the food chain was becoming unbalanced. Rachel Carson had then changed her focus from ocean to birds. She wrote a book called "Silent Spring", which explained what was happening to the birds. Rachel was attacked by the chemical industry and the government, however she never backed down. She still spoke out about how DDT was bad for the environment. Carson ended up passing away in 1964 after her battle with breast cancer. Rachel Carson is the reason we can protect our endangered species today. ====

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