Rachel Carson was a quiet woman who stirred extraordinary controversy that persists decades after her death. Her 1962 book Silent Spring brought worldwide attention to the harm to human health and the environment wrought by mishandling of a powerful pesticide, fomenting the environmental movement. In the 100th anniversary year of Carson's birth, this publication examines how occasionally in history a book with a powerful idea can bring about peaceful but dramatic change in a democratic society.
A shy, unassuming scientist and former civil servant, Rachel Carson seemed an unlikely candidate to become one of the most influential women in modern America.
اطلاعاتی که در این تارنما ارائه می شود درباره سیاست خارجی فعلی ایالات متحده، و زندگی و فرهنگ در آمریکا است. این اطلاعات در اداره برنامه های اطلاعات بین المللی وزارت امور خارجه تهیه و تولید می شود. پیوند به سایر تارنماها به منزله تایید نظرات ارائه شده در آنها نیست.