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RACHEL CARSONBorn May 27th 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania
Died April 14th, 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland
Family of Rachel CarsonRachel Carson has 1 brother
Rachel Carson has 1 sister
She has no children
No husband
Rachel Carson School LifeGraduate from Connecticut College
And she Graduated from Pennsylvania College for Woman
And also Graduated from Chatham University
1907-1964She 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.
What I learned About
Rachel CarsonShe 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.
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.
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_nF-So
http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1907