![]() She next studied at the oceanographic institute at Woods Hole, Massachusetts and at Johns Hopkins University, where she received a master’s degree in zoology in 1932. She attended the Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University), graduating magna cum laude in 1929. ![]() ![]() She developed a love of nature from her mother, and Carson became a published writer for children’s magazines by age 10. ![]() Outlining the dangers of chemical pesticides, the book led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides and sparked the movement that ultimately led to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).īorn on on a farm in Springdale, Pennsylvania, Carson was the youngest of Robert and Maria McLean Carson’s three children. A marine biologist and nature writer, Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book Silent Spring. ![]()
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