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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964

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Rachel Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was a biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries before becoming a successful author. Late in the 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation, especially some problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was the book Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented share of the American people. It inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.

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referencedIn	4/15/1964 Statement of the President on Hearing of the Death of Rachel Carson	Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn	Abrams, Rochonne Weintraub. Good earthkeeping : American women pioneers in ecology, 1843-1993 : typescript, 1994.	Iowa State University, Parks Library
creatorOf	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. : Series I., General Correspondence, 1922-1977 (bulk 1946-1966).	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series VII., Other Department Files, 1916-1996 (bulk 1943-1969).	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn	Anshen, Ruth Nanda. Ruth Nanda Anshen papers, 1938-1986.	Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf	Betts, Edwin Morris, 1892-1958. Papers regarding Thomas Jefferson [manuscript] 1933-1960.	University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn	Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968. Millicent Todd Bingham papers, 1865-1968 (inclusive).	Yale University Library
referencedIn	Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968. Papers, 1865-1968	Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf	Carpenter, Margaret Haley. Papers of Margaret Haley Carpenter [manuscript], 1898-1985, bulk 1953-1985.	University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf	Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Letter, 1963, to Lewis Mumford.	University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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referencedIn	Photographs from the National Digital Library, ca. 1998 - 2011	National Archives at College Park
referencedIn	Rachel L. Carson	National Archives at College Park

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associatedWith	Abrams, Rochonne Weintraub.
associatedWith	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
associatedWith	Anshen, Ruth Nanda.
associatedWith	Anshen, Ruth Nanda.
associatedWith	Barnes, Irston R. (Irston Robert)
associatedWith	Beebe, William, 1877-1962.
associatedWith	Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968.
associatedWith	Briejer, C. J.
associatedWith	Briejer, C. J.
associatedWith	Briggs, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1918-