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| Rachel Carson |  | | Rachel Carson near her home in Maine. | |
| | Rachel Carson in a Lab |  | | Her lifelong fascination with natural life launched her into her career as an environmentalist. | |
| | Under the Sea-Wind |  | | The 1st book to be published by Carson is a series of tales about life under the sea. | |
| | The Sea Around Us |  | | The 2nd book Carson wrote that brought her fame and helped secure her financial future. It was also about ocean life. | |
| | The Edge of the Sea |  | | The 3rd book written by Carson acts like a guide to the ocean, tide pools, and marshes. | |
| | Silent Spring |  | | Her influential 4th book protested the unbridled use of pesticides and led to the U.S. banning of DDT. This book is credited for helping spur the modern environmental movement. | |
| | Overuse of Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT) |  | | This picture shows the unrestrained uses of DDT, a very strong pesticide that caused diseases such as cancer to spread among humans and killed off animals. | |
| | Unhatched Ibis Eggs |  | | These ibis eggs were poisoned by pesticides which caused its shells to thin. | |
| | Rachel Carson and Bob Hines Researching in Florida |  | | Her love of nature was not unmatched. Others, like wildlife illustrator Bob Hines, also worked hard to protect the environment. | |
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