Person of the month

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Person of the Month

Rachel Carson

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Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson was very important to our environment. 

If it was not for her, pesticides would still be used to this day and

most of our animals would be poisoned. In her book Silent Spring,


Rachel Carson became an Aquatic Biologist with the  U.S. Bureau of Fisheries in the 1950s. As Carson became older, she started writing books such as Silent Spring,  and The Sense of Wonder.  Just like other people, died. Sadly, she died at the age of 56. That is an early age nowadays. Back then though, it was considered a tad lower than average in the early 1900s. Carson had a beautiful life, and her life ended in 1956.

Carson shows people how pesticides are damaging our environment.Even though the people who used/sold pesticides were saying her research was wrong; she still stood for the information she collected. Finally a scientist proved that the information Carson collected was all true! She won two awards for her books. When Carson was younger she wrote a story to be featured in a newspaper. She got her story published and got a 

silver badge for it. That was when she realized that she wanted to be a writer. 

When Carson was standing on the edge of the ocean she felt like she was in a happy place. In her childhood two of her favorite things were to sit on her front porch, and listen to her mothers conch shell, and explore her property with her dog, Candy. For a while, Carson had 2 books on the New York’s Best Seller list! Overall Rachel Carson was a very important person in our history! Without her, the environment would not be filled with wildlife. 

Some of her books on the New York’s Best Seller list are still known today. Silent Spring is one of them. Carson also wrote other books, such as, The Sense of Wonder, and The Sea Around us.                                                                

“The edge of the sea is a strange, and beautiful place.”

- Rachel Carson

Carson was a wonderful person, she helped the world realize what it truly was, and what it could do for us, she made the world a truly better place. Rachel Carson made air quality better, animals safer, and inspired people to be helpful like her one day. 

Her books inspired many people, her quotes helped others feel better about themselves. Carson is a motivational speaker without knowing it, her quotes helped people just like her books. That’s the definition of someone who is a motivation.

Rachel Carson was a wonderful person that helped the world. All of the things that she did promoted the life of what we see. We all have to be thankful for that.

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