Status Updates From Rachel Carson: Witness for ...

I’m just in awe, absolute awe. Imagine testifying before congress, two years into a battle with terminal cancer (in the 60s) (chemo hadn’t been invented yet). Everyone in the chemical industry isn’t just slandering your book, but you as an individual (“what could a spinster know?”). And you’re just trying to stay alive. Good god.

this poor woman. I hope Zoloft existed back then

1. I never want this book to end
2. Found out Rachel would wear a corsage from Dorothy at every event she had to attend and I want to CRY