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Rachel Louise Carson Born
Born in Springdale, PA -
Published in St. Nicholas magazine
10 years old
called "Battle in the Clouds"
Not only did she get the story published, she was also awarded the silver prize by the editors of St. Nicholas -
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Rachel Carson attends various colleges
Attends Pennsylvania College for Women, majors in science
Goes to Woods Hole, MA to study marine biology.
Begins graduate work at John Hopkins University -
Writes radio scripts for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
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Carson recieves MA in zoology
received from John Hopkins University -
Carson's father, Robert Carson, dies
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Career Openings for Carson
Is appointed Junior Aquatic Biologist with the Bureau of Fisheries, U.S. depatment of Commerce.
Becomes staff biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. -
Begins writing "The World of Water"
later published as "Undersea" in the Atlantic Monthly -
Under the Sea-wind
Published by Simon and Schuster -
Confirmed breast tumor removed.
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Resigns from USFWS
Resignsfrom government services to become a full-time author -
The Sea Around Us
Published by Oxford University Press -
Recieves many awards for writings.
National Book Award for Non-Fiction for The Sea Around Us
Awarded John Burroughs Medal
Henry Grier Bryant Gold Medal
New York Zoological Society Gold Medal
Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for research on tidal life -
The Edge of the Sea
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co. -
Silent Spring
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co.
Won eight awards total
Previously published as Reporter at Large in The New Yorker in July, and then later became the book-of- the-month club selection in December of 1962. -
Albert Schweitzer Award from Animal Welfare Institute
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CBS airs "The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson."
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Carson Testifies on the use of pesticides
Testifies before the US Senate Subcommittee of Government Operations -
Carson testifies on the misuse of pesticides
Testifies before the US Senate Committee on Commerce -
Awarded the National Audubon Society Medal
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Rachel Carson dies at the age of 56.
After a long, hard battle of Breast Cancer, Rachel was finally overtaken by the disease. -
The Sense of Wonder
Published by Harper & Row
Previously published as Help Your Child To Wonder, Women's Home Companion in July
