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Rachel Carson and her sisters : extraordinary women who have shaped America's environment /

Musil, Robert K., 1943-

Rachel Carson and her sisters : extraordinary women who have shaped America's environment / Robert K. Musil. - xv, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index.

Have you seen the Robins? Rachel Carson's mother and the tradition of women naturalists -- Don't harm the people: Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and their heirs take on polluting industries -- Carson and her sisters: Rachel Carson did not act alone -- Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and ecological empathy -- The environment around us and inside us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent Spring, and Sandra Steingraber -- Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, pollution, and public policy -- Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn: endocrine disruption and ethics.

9780813562421 0813562422

2013021944


Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.


Women environmentalists--United States--Biography.
Women environmentalists--United States.
Women naturalists--United States.
Women and the environment--United States.
Environmentalism--United States.

QH31.C33 / M87 2014

508.092 B

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