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Greening Feminism

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Was Rachel Carson primarily an environmental scientist, a writer of creative nonfiction, or a feminist? Published just two years prior to her death, Carson’s Silent Spring (1962) combined careful observations, scientific data, and eloquent prose to expose the toxic links between pesticides, environmental degradation, and interspecies health. Carson’s work is often credited with sparking the environmental movement of the 1970s and beyond, but rarely is she seen as the foremother of second-wave feminism. Like Carson, the works of Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall are usually classified as primatology, but academic training for these women came well after their field research was already underway.

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    Richard Kahn

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Gaard, G. (2012). Greening Feminism. In: Fassbinder, S.D., II, A.J.N., Kahn, R. (eds) Greening the Academy. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-101-6_13

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