The famous marine biologist, Rachel Carson, lived a beautiful, happy childhood. She always wanted to see the sparkling, blue ocean. She grew up just outside Pittsburgh with her mother, father and older sister and brother, Marian and Robert. Rachel loved nature and her mother told her about all the birds and animals. Rachel enjoyed exploring green fields and woods. At school, Rachel was an A student, though was usually absent because she stayed home to study plants and animals. When Rachel was young, she wrote books and at age ten her books were published. Rachel spent her first two years of high school at her elementary and middle school. The other two years were spent at Parnassus High School. Rachel went to college at Pennsylvania College …show more content…
Rachel needed a summer job. She became Grace Libby's assistant where she taught undergraduate zoology. Grace and Rachel worked well together. Rachel then became a part time student searching for another job during the school year. She found a job at John's Hopkins Institute for Biological Research. She had trouble with her job at John's Hopkins. Rachel soon ran low on money and wrote to PCW that she couldn't continue college because she couldn't pay monthly payments. In 1931 her brother joined the family. Rachel continued to work with Libby and also worked as a biology instructor. Soon Rachel stopped working at John's Hopkins and worked at FWS, Fish and Wildlife Services. She wrote a book called Under the Sea Wind but because of World War II, nobody had time to buy books. Rachel's mother then had surgery and her father died in 1935 and soon, Mary Scot Skinker died. Rachel Carson was famous for writing the wondrous books Under the Sea Wind and Silent Spring. Rachel completed Under the Sea Wind on the last day of 1940 while Silent Spring was published in 1962. Rachel always stood up for wildlife and believed people should stop pollution. At first, Rachel wrote articles. Then, she wrote her
One famous quote from Barbara Jordan is “If you’re going to play a game properly, you’d better know every rule .” Barbara Jordan was an amazing woman. She was the first African American Texas state senator. Jordan was also a debater, a public speaker, a lawyer, and a politician. Barbara Jordan was a woman who always wanted things to be better for African Americans and for all United States citizens. “When Barbara Jordan speaks,” said Congressman William L.Clay, “people hear a voice so powerful so, awesome...that it cannot be ignored and will not be silenced.”
Rachel Carson, before publishing Silent Spring, would major in marine zoology at Pennsylvania Women's College, where she would develop her interest in the naturalism and conservation going on at the time (Lear, 23). After graduating, she would take a job at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, where she would write about different issues concerning the environment at the time. After writing several books to some success, she would begin work on Silent Spring, as she would find her naturalist causes to be her impetus. She even later on in her life wrote to her friends, What I discovered was that everything which meant most to me as a naturalist was being threatened, and that nothing I could do would be more important. " (Carson, 17)
Rachel Dein is a London Based artist, who studied Fine Arts at Middlesex University . She is most famously known for her tiles made of cement and plaster featuring molds of flowers. She currently runs and owns the Tactile Studio in North London to support herself and her three children. Before setting up her own studio, but after going to art school, she decided to take up an apprenticeship at The Royal Opera House and later branched out to other theaters to continue her prop making career including The English National Opera, The West End Theaters, London Transport Museum and Selfridges Christmas windows. Her time in prop making allowed her to explore her love of theatre, film, and opera while expanding her knowledge of 3d design. She also enjoys gardening, which is where she has gotten some of the materials for her craft.
To conclude, Rachel Carson is a skilled writer who employs many different rhetorical strategies and formats her information in a deliberate way to maximize the effectiveness of her argument. She appeals to emotion, but supplements her points with facts, examples, and expert opinions. Her book, Silent Spring, surely convinced many of the dangers of poisons like parathion, and inspired some to seek alternatives to aerial
After college, O'Connor's writing career continued. During her brief career as a writer, O'Connor contracted lupus in which she ultimately died. In Short Stories for Students, Kathleen Wilson states that while O’Connor was writing her first novel Wise Blood, which she started while attending the prestigious Yaddo writers’ colony, she suffered her first attack of lupus, a chronic, ...
This is a wild story of Lamora Williams who is accused of cooking his two sons alive in an oven and is facing the charges of two murders right now.
Carson has written this essay to provide insight about the tide currents of the deep waters. She also raises insight awareness on planetary forces and physical dimensions. Carson’s main focus consists on informing the readers about the size, timing, and occurrences the tides correlated with. Statistics and studies are given to further elaborate and assist Rachel’s theory that states “In every country the moon keeps ever the rule of alliance with the sea which-it once for all has agreed upon." From the tone of the essay, it can be seen that the theme contains educational content that has significant importance to the global being.
The genius of Rachel Carson and her phenomenal capabilities in the power of rhetoric and convincing have turned this unknown female biologist in a male dominant world during the twentieth century, into the leader and the creator of the modern environmental movement. The environmental movement, the movement concerned about the wellbeing of our planet and saving it from man’s own self-destruction and arrogance was lunched due to the efforts of Carson and the publication of her book Silent Spring in 1962, the movement persists till this day. Even though Carson was neither a chemist nor an entomologist, she had a passion for our wonderful environment, and therefore she educated herself in those fields. Her passion lead her to take a stand where others failed to do so. Nonetheless, the marvelous
She was dyslexic, but that never stopped her from her from chasing her dreams. She loved reading books and she started to create her own stories. At the age of 10, she knew she wanted to be an author. “She went to Pasadena Community College to get an Associate of Art degree in 1968. Then she went attended California State University in Los Angeles. In 1969 and 1970 she studied at the Screenwriter’s Guild Open Door Program and the Clarion Science Fiction Writers’ Workshop, where she took a class with science fiction master Harlan Ellison. That is why she started to write about science fiction stories.” ( )
Mary Cassatt had a wonderful childhood filled with travel and a good education. Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born in Allegheny Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh on May 22, 1885 (Encyclopedia of World Biography 2). She was one of seven children, two of which did not make it past infancy (Creative Commons License 3). Her childhood was spent moving throughout Germany and France, (Creative Commons License 4) until her family moved back to Pennsylvania, then continued moving eastward to Lancaster and then to Philadelphia (Creative Commons License 3), where Cassatt started school at age six (Creative Commons License 3). Then continued her schooling at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in
Addams was a graduate from Rockford College as a valedictorian and later on traveled to Europe
Rachel Carson is well known for writing the book, Silent Spring. This book, which was written
Birds dying, leaves covered with deadly powder, chemicals floating through the air. These were all issues faced globally in the 1950’s and 60’s due to the use of dangerous pesticides such as DDT, chlordane, and heptachlor. Though several scientists conducted studies that proved the issues with pesticides, the first person to make a lasting impression on America was Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring. Her writing not only discussed the environmental issues that Americans faced in the 1960’s, but also served as the catalyst for the environmental movement as we know it today.
Success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose (Macmillan), Ben Carson was successful, but how? It would seem prosperity just requires academic success, and a good career choice, but in reality being triumphant requires certain attributes. Talent, Time, Hope, Honesty, Insight,to be Nice, Knowledge, In-Depth-Learning, and God are all of the aspects Dr. Carson thinks we need in order to be successful. . Not only are these traits essential for success, they can build your character as well. Although all of these traits are crucial, but a few of them are of more significance than the rest. One example is Time, Time is an indefinite during which events, conditions, and actions occur and exist, or continue with uninterrupted succession (Macmillan).
Her work as a writer, scientist, and ecologist became the heartbeat of the movement. According to a biography written by Linda Lear found at the website rachelcarson.org/bio, Carson was always a lover of nature. Studying marine biology, she attended and graduated from college at the Pennsylvania College for Women. She went on to receive her masters in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. She was hired by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. From there she worked in the federal service as a scientist and editor. In 1936, she was haired as the "Editor-in-Chief of all publications for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Lear)." This gave her years of experience and provided a background of credibility that would aid her in the years to come. In 1941, Carson published her first book titled, "Under the Sea-Wind." This was followed by her second book, "The Sea Around Us" published in 1952. That same year she resigned from the government to spend more time on her writing. In 1955, she published her third book, "The Edge of the Sea." These books made a name for Carson and developed a better understanding of the interworking 's of the ocean. Carson 's work and research made waves in society and its culture. However, what is arguably Carson 's greatest accomplishment was the publishment of her fourth book titled "Silent Spring." Published in 1962, "Silent Spring" focuses on Carson