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Title	Rachel Carson Papers
View collection at	http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/carson.html
Description	Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was a biologist, conservationist, and writer. Her book, Silent Spring (1962), exposed the dangers of the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Highlights from this digital collection include photographs of Carson as a child and adult; images from draft manuscripts for the books Under the Sea Wind, Silent Spring, and The Sense of Wonder; and an early article by Carson in Nature Magazine.
Subject	Women biologists Women environmentalists Women scientists
Place	United States
Featured Women	Carson, Rachel
Time Period	1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969
Publisher	Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Primary Sources	Articles Correspondence Manuscripts Photographs
Thumbnail caption	[Photograph of Rachel Carson as a young girl with a bow in her hair]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

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