Women in Science

"When Carson worked as a scientific writer at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, most of the female staff were secretarial." - Michigan state

"Keeping in mind the times in which she lived, she epitomized for me the extraordinary leadership and determination that all women have the capacity to reveal in themselves." - Winsome McIntosh, http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2012/10/17/what-is-rachel-carsons-legacy-6-women-leaders-speak-out-on-the-message-that-still-holds-true-today/

http://watervat.blogspot.com/2014/04/silent-spring.html

http://archive.audubonmagazine.org/features0511/rockefellers.html

"In 1963 Rachel Carson was the first woman to recieve the Audubon Medal for Conservation Achievement" - MSU