Leadership
“Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent... It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to speak out—to many thousands of people...”
- Rachel Carson in her letter to Dorothy Freeman, 1958
- Rachel Carson in her letter to Dorothy Freeman, 1958
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Rachel Carson was a leader who used the power of her pen to awaken America's sleeping conscience. She challenged prevailing convictions and lobbied against the indiscriminate use of chemicals. Carson was a tenacious environmental advocate who attempted to illustrate how man and nature exist in a symbiotic relationship. She worked to change the “Conservationist” perspective on the environment, encouraging a more holistic view that involved active human participation.
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Source: Time Life Pictures via Getty Images
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Source: Book Cover for "The Sea Around Us" 1951.
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Source: Washington Post, July 4th 1951
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Source: Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Source: Rachel Carson Congressional hearing, United Press International, 1963.
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