Rachel Carson A True Nature Lover

Childhood oBorn on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania oHer mother taught her to love nature and writing at an early age. oShe was the youngest of three children oRachel often spent her time outside enjoying nature oShe wrote many stories for a children's magazine called St. Nicholas Magazine

Education  Went to college at Pennsylvania College for Women  Changed her major from English to Biology during the school year  After graduating, she went to John Hopkins University and earned a masters degree

Discoveries Õ Rachel Cason discovered that the use of pesticides harmed killed many animals and humans. Õ The pesticides and DDT stayed in soil, water, and animals for a long amount of time.

Books Rachel’s first published work was at age ten in St. Nicholas Magazine. She wrote many books including: Silent Spring Under the Sea Wind The Sea Around Us The Edge of the Sea Some of her books were New York Times Best-sellers

Awards and Accomplishments Rachel won the National Book Award and Burroughs Medal for excellence in nature writing In 1970, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge was named in her honor Her book Silent Spring was #1 on the New York Times Best-seller list for over 30 weeks The Environmental Protection Agency was founded as a result of her book.

Death  Rachel Carson died on April  Rachel’s death was caused by a long fight with breast cancer  After her death, there were many environmental protection acts.

Quote "We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road -- the one less traveled by -- offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth."