Episode 21A - Rachel Carson: 10-Minute Profile

About this episode

This episode provides a brief biography of Rachel Carson, highlighting her contributions to the environmental movement.

This brief biography looks at the life of marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who wrote the book "Silent Spring," widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. After earning a graduate degree in zoology from Johns Hopkins University, Carson struggled to find employment as an independent woman during the Great Depression of the 1930s, but she eventually secured a role working as a scientist for a federal agency. In 1951, she was able to leave that job upon publicatio...

Topics covered

• marine biology
• environmental movement
• biography

Keywords

• Rachel Carson
• Silent Spring
• Great Depression
• zoology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Silent Spring

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