Rachel Carson

She wrote much about conservation and natural resources. She encouraged people to be economical as well as generous to the environment. In 1937 she produced an article called “Undersea” and in 1941 published a book Under the Sea-Wind. In 1952 she wrote a book concerning the study of the ocean, The Sea Around Us, and in 1955 she wrote The Edge of the Sea. After publishing these books about the ocean environment Rachel became famous and was known as a naturalist and science writer. In 1952 Rachel stopped working for the government and wrote on her own. She expressed in all of her books that human’s weren’t the only beings in nature and that we have the power to change nature.

After World War II, Rachel realized the dangerous effects that pesticides had and focused on getting that information to everyone. In 1962 she published Silent Spring; this had a huge affect all across the world. After publishing this pivotal book she was accused as being an alarmist (a person who needlessly alarms or attempts to alarm others, as by inventing or spreading false or exaggerated rumors of impending danger or catastrophe) by the chemical industry and government. In 1963 she testified before Congress and she shouted out for new rules to try and help protect the environment as well as the health of humans.