Full Name: Rachel Louise Carson
Born: 1907
Died: 1964
Hometown: Springdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Fave Subjects: Poetry, Animals, Protecting the Environment
Career Highlights:
- first published at the age of 10
- wrote six popular books about nature
- helped lessen the use of poisonous chemicals
- encouraged all people to help protect the environment
- did risky dives into the bathysphere to get rare glimpses of deep undersea life
Big Question:
How can we understand how other animals think and feel?
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