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Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World
By Barnet, Andrea
- ISBN
- 9780062310729 9780062310743
- Publisher
- Ecco: HarperCollins
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Reviewed on February 15, 2018 | Women of the World
In this highly readable collective biography of four women who transformed American life during a period of cultural, political, and social change, Barnet (All-Night Party) uses primary and secondary sources to demonstrate how these "accidental revolutionaries," despite working in different fields, influenced values and priorities during the 1950s. With Silent Spring, Rachel Carson effectively began the modern environmental movement. Citizen activist Jan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
