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Definition of Rachel Carson

1. Noun. United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964).

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Literary usage of Rachel Carson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Read & Understand, Nonfiction Grades 4-6 by Tekla N. White, Marilyn Evans, Evan-Moor Corporation (1999)
"Rachel Carson It might have been possible to predict Rachel Carson's eventual ... Rachel Carson, 1907-1964 While Carson was a student, she worked as a ..."

2. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 6 by Ellen Linnihan (2003)
"This is the gloom that Rachel Carson feared would come if ... The Making of an Environmentalist As a small child, Rachel Carson loved to wander on her ..."

3. Social Sciences and Innovation by Oecd (2001)
"Since the l960s, when Rachel Carson took up this issue amid great opposition ... Rachel Carson was undoubtedly the eloquent pioneer who set the ball rolling ..."

4. Readers' Theater Grade 5 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Evan-Moor, Michael Ryall, Don Robison (2003)
"Her presentation—which includes "portraits" of Marie Curie, Rachel Carson, and Sally Ride—wins honorable mention for its originality. ..."

5. Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachersby Rick Wormeli by Rick Wormeli (2003)
"Their schools have clear, positive, well-understood missions, as this example from Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, Virginia, shows: Within a safe ..."

6. Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey by Francis Bazley Lee, Lewis Publishing Company (1907)
"Peter E. Wilson, son of Ezekiel and Rachel (Carson) Wilson, was born December 8, 1824, at Middletown, Monmouth county, and was from a very early period of ..."

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