2. RACHEL CARSON
Born May 27th 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania
Died April 14th, 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland
3. Family of Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson has 1 brother
Rachel Carson has 1 sister
She has no children
No husband
4. Rachel Carson School Life
Graduate from Connecticut College
And she Graduated from Pennsylvania College for
Woman
And also Graduated from Chatham University
6. A Quote She Says
She always use quotes about her or science. Or her
books.
7. 1907-1964
She died because of breast cancer
Rachel Carson got breast cancer, probably because of
the pesticide she was studying and trying to stop. She
died of a heart attack at the age of 57. Their was a wood
she had wanted to buy when she was younger.
8. What I learned About
Rachel Carson
She was biologist and nature writer
Early in 1957, family tragedy struck a third time when
one of the nieces she had cared for in the 1940s died at
the age of 31, leaving a five-year-old orphan son, Roger
Christie.
9. Special Events
Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco on her
birthday.
Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders,
8-1 in 5 inning game after her birthday.
Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held after her
birthday.
10. Web Sites I did My
Researched On
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Carson
__Rachel_Louise.html
http://www.rachelcarson.org/Biography.aspx#.VGzXn
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http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1907
