Rachel Carson was hounded by the chemical industry for writing 'Silent Spring', disparaging her as a Communist, threatening her with lawsuits. Even as she was dying from breast cancer made to testify in congressional hearings. She died of the cancer in 1964, within 2 years of the book being published.
Rachel Carson was hounded by the chemical industry for writing 'Silent Spring', disparaging her as a Communist, threatening her with lawsuits. Even as she was dying from breast cancer made to testify in congressional hearings. She died of the cancer in 1964, within 2 years of the book being published.
Such a remarkable woman who died too young yet wrote some very important, timely and groundbreaking books in those years. The 'Sea Around Us' is also outstanding, well written and researched. But 'Silent Spring' is what many people and organizations from Greenpeace to the EPA have said was a main inspiration for the global environmental movement and concern for a living planet Earth.
The treatment of her is what decent people can expect from rogue corporations if repubs gain more of a foothold. Her books and her voice still resonate with those who have an iota of concern for the future of the earth and her inhabitants. She did not scream into a void, but worked to connect with not only her generation but future ones as well. Repubs just saw her as a nuisance, standing between them and the almighty buck. May her spirit live on. Needed now more than ever.
She certainly succeeded in connecting with and influencing, enormously, succeeding generations, in my opinion. And she told the truth, simply, comprehendably, and without spin, about the disturbing situation that she witnessed - unlike the RWNJs of the Heritage Society and their ilk. Thank goodness for RC.
That seems like heroic now, when she probably just thought that it was the right thing to do. Normal human behavior is so rare with the repub cretins that I am shocked when I see it. That takes absolutely nothing from the actions of Rachel Carson. She is a heroine of the highest order in my book.
As I was trying to think of how to reply to this comment, I watched 2 scrub jays splashing around and drinking from a hanging bird bath just outside my window. Then there were a couple of gold finches, I probably could have touched them they were so close.
I think she didn't just think it was the right thing to do, but imperative that she must take action and say something about the overuse and adverse effects of pesticides/herbicides, what she called biocides.
Rachel Carson would be so disappointed and sad to see the conditions of our oceans and new formulated pesticides like neonicotinoids that have been causing massive killoffs of native bees, honeybees, and other pollinators for decades now. She is definitely a heroine for her efforts and research, for posthumously having DDT banned, for her words and concern forever remembered by me too.
You are so right, that imperative drove her, through the most horrendous physical challenges and the most savage attacks by industry. We all enjoy the nature she made possible but we need her back because it is in as much danger now as then. I miss my bird feeder because it was always popular with jays, cardinals, and myriad others. I thought of her often. Still do…
Rachel Carson was hounded by the chemical industry for writing 'Silent Spring', disparaging her as a Communist, threatening her with lawsuits. Even as she was dying from breast cancer made to testify in congressional hearings. She died of the cancer in 1964, within 2 years of the book being published.
Such a remarkable woman who died too young yet wrote some very important, timely and groundbreaking books in those years. The 'Sea Around Us' is also outstanding, well written and researched. But 'Silent Spring' is what many people and organizations from Greenpeace to the EPA have said was a main inspiration for the global environmental movement and concern for a living planet Earth.
The treatment of her is what decent people can expect from rogue corporations if repubs gain more of a foothold. Her books and her voice still resonate with those who have an iota of concern for the future of the earth and her inhabitants. She did not scream into a void, but worked to connect with not only her generation but future ones as well. Repubs just saw her as a nuisance, standing between them and the almighty buck. May her spirit live on. Needed now more than ever.
She certainly succeeded in connecting with and influencing, enormously, succeeding generations, in my opinion. And she told the truth, simply, comprehendably, and without spin, about the disturbing situation that she witnessed - unlike the RWNJs of the Heritage Society and their ilk. Thank goodness for RC.
Indeed, and thank goodness for Heather Cox Richardson for doing that as well.
That seems like heroic now, when she probably just thought that it was the right thing to do. Normal human behavior is so rare with the repub cretins that I am shocked when I see it. That takes absolutely nothing from the actions of Rachel Carson. She is a heroine of the highest order in my book.
As I was trying to think of how to reply to this comment, I watched 2 scrub jays splashing around and drinking from a hanging bird bath just outside my window. Then there were a couple of gold finches, I probably could have touched them they were so close.
I think she didn't just think it was the right thing to do, but imperative that she must take action and say something about the overuse and adverse effects of pesticides/herbicides, what she called biocides.
Rachel Carson would be so disappointed and sad to see the conditions of our oceans and new formulated pesticides like neonicotinoids that have been causing massive killoffs of native bees, honeybees, and other pollinators for decades now. She is definitely a heroine for her efforts and research, for posthumously having DDT banned, for her words and concern forever remembered by me too.
You are so right, that imperative drove her, through the most horrendous physical challenges and the most savage attacks by industry. We all enjoy the nature she made possible but we need her back because it is in as much danger now as then. I miss my bird feeder because it was always popular with jays, cardinals, and myriad others. I thought of her often. Still do…
Yes, may the spirits of Rachel Carson and Frances Perkins live on in future generations. Both are needed now more than ever.