received her MA in zoology from Johns Hopkins University
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'''Rachel Carson''' is author of ''[[Silent Spring]]'' the book led to the United States [[EPA]] banning the pesticide [[DDT]].
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'''Rachel Carson''' (1907-1964) is author of ''[[Silent Spring]]'' the book led to the United States [[EPA]] banning the pesticide [[DDT]].
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Carson graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham College) in 1929, studied at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, and received her MA in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. [http://www.rachelcarson.org/?v1=About]