If you were to ask an ordinary person to name a female who has made significant contributions to the environmental movement, it would be rather difficult not because there are not are a few number of female environmentalist but because they are hardly ever talked about for their accomplishments. One person that comes to mind is Rachel Carson who is credited with advancing the global environmental movement.
Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist. Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist with the U.S Bureau of Fisheries where she studied the ocean around us. Carson wrote a sea trilogy that explores the whole of ocean life from the shores to the depths. After writing books about marine life, Carson turned her attention to conservation, especially environmental problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides.
With years of research, Carson published Silent Spring in 1962 which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented share of the American people. Silent Spring spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy which led to a nationwide bad on DDT and other pesticides that were very harmful to the Earth, animals, and humans. The book also inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The President at the time, President Jimmy Carter awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rachel Carson for her contributions to a better and sustainable environment.
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