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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Musil, Robert K., 1943-     Subjects     Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.     Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911.     Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970.     Williams, Terry Tempest.     Steingraber, Sandra     Davis, Devra Lee.     Colborn, Theo.     Women environmentalists -- United states -- Biography.     Women naturalists -- United States -- Biography.     Women and the environment.     Environmentalism -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Musil, Robert K., 1943-       by title:      Rachel Carson and he...       by call number:      508.092 M987r     Search the Web     Musil, Robert K., 1943-     Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.     Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911.     Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970.     Williams, Terry Tempest.     Steingraber, Sandra     Davis, Devra Lee.     Colborn, Theo.     Women environmentalists -- United states -- Biography.     Women naturalists -- United States -- Biography.     Women and the environment.     Environmentalism -- History.       MARC Display

Rachel Carson and her sisters : extraordinary women who have shaped America's environment / Robert K. Musil. by Musil, Robert K., 1943- Rutgers University Press, [2014] Call #: 508.092 M987r Subjects Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.   Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911.   Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970.   Williams, Terry Tempest.   Steingraber, Sandra   Davis, Devra Lee.   Colborn, Theo.   Women environmentalists -- United states -- Biography.   Women naturalists -- United States -- Biography.   Women and the environment.   Environmentalism -- History. ISBN:  9780813562421 (hc.) 0813562422 (hc.) 9780813576213 (pbk.) 0813576210 (pbk.) Description:  xv, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Introduction -- 1. Have you seen the robins? Rachel Carson's mother and the tradition of women naturalists -- 2. Don't harm the people : Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and their heirs take on polluting industries -- 3. Carson and her sisters : Rachel Carson did not act alone -- 4. Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and ecological empathy -- 5. The environment around us and inside us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent Spring, and Sandra Steingraber -- 6. Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, pollution, and public policy -- 7. Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn : endocrine disruption and ethics -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. Summary:  Robert K. Musil redefines the achievements and legacy of environmental pioneer and scientist Rachel Carson, linking her work to a wide network of American women activists and writers and introducing her to a new, contemporary audience. Rachel Carson was the first American to combine two longstanding, but separate strands of American environmentalism the love of nature and a concern for human health. Widely known for her 1962 best-seller, Silent Spring, Carson is today often perceived as a solitary "great woman," whose work single-handedly launched a modern environmental movement. But as Musil demonstrates, Carson's life's work drew upon and was supported by already existing movements, many led by women, in conservation and public health. On the fiftieth anniversary of her death, this book helps underscore Carson's enduring environmental legacy and brings to life the achievements of women writers and advocates, such as Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, Terry Tempest Williams, Sandra Steingraber, Devra Davis, and Theo Colborn, all of whom overcame obstacles to build and lead the modern American environmental movement. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 508.092 M987r Core Collection - Adult Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 508.092 M987r Adult books Checked out Jul 06, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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