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The journal and newspaper articles cited on this page provide more information about Rachel Carson and her work as an environmentalist.
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Biography as environmental "herstory." by The book that changed the world. by Breaking the silence on DDT by Constructing a scientist: expert authority and public images of Rachel Carson by Environmental health science and the legacy of popular literature by Nature, narrative, and the scientist-writer: Rachel Carson's and Loren Eiseley's critique of science by The other side of silence: Rachel Carson's views of animals by Rachel Carson by Rachel Carson died of breast cancer: the coming of age of feminist environmentalism External by Rachel Carson’s prescience by Silence, Miss Carson! science, gender, and the reception of 'Silent spring" by Silent Spring at 50: earth, water, and air by Sounding the alarm by Spring Awakening by Still Silent Spring? by Three who made a revolution by The truth of the barnacles: Rachel Carson and the moral significance of wonder by The unbroken chain: on Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" and a question for our times: how safe do we want to be? by Whither environmentalism? environmental politics in the 21st century by Women, scientists, agitators: magazine portrayal of Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn by 
