Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Figures xi
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Have You Seen the Robins? Rachel Carson’s Mother and the Tradition of Women Naturalists 12
7. 2. Don’t Harm the People: Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and Their Heirs Take On Polluting Industries 53
8. 3. Carson and Her Sisters: Rachel Carson Did Not Act Alone 89
9. 4. Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and Ecological Empathy 123
10. 5. The Environment around Us and inside Us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent Spring, and Sandra Steingraber 162
11. 6. Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, Pollution, and Public Policy 194
12. 7. Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn: Endocrine Disruption and Ethics 225
13. Epilogue 252
14. Notes 257
15. Index 279
16. About the Author 310