![]() She taught at John Hopkins University and University of Maryland until 1936, and then joined the USA Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington DC as an aquatic biologist in 1936. Her achievements were wide ranging and included studying biology at Pennsylvania College for Women (Chatham College) from 1925-1929 and receiving a scholarship to study for an MSc in Zoology at John Hopkins University from 1929-1932. She died on 14 th April 1964 after a long battle with cancer. ![]() Trained as a biologist and environmentalist, Carson was credited with founding the environmental movement in the 1960s. Rachel Carson was born on 27 th May 1907, in Springdale, Pennsylvania, USA. ![]() ![]() This is one of the ongoing legacies of Silent Spring. Today, there are still calls to reduce chemical use in agriculture, and instead implement alternative sustainable solutions. Carson began writing Silent Spring in the 1960s out of a sense of moral responsibility and outrage, seeking to highlight how pesticides caused harm to the environment and biodiversity. How can the history of science assist us in understanding present day problems? In the context of Brexit, Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, casts critical light on debates about pesticide use in the UK. ![]()
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