TIMELINE OF RACHEL CARSON’S LIFE

1907 May 27, born in Springdale, Pennsylvania

1918 Publishes first story in St. Nicholas magazine

1925 Enrolls in Pennsylvania College for Women

1929 Gradates from college, spends summer at Woods Hole research laboratory

1932 Receives master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University

1935 Starts work at Bureau of Fisheries; father dies

1941 Publishes first book, Under the Sea-Wind

1951 Publishes second book, The Sea Around Us

1952 Receives National Book Award for Nonfiction

1955 Publishes third book, The Edge of the Sea

1957 Adopts grandnephew, Roger, after the death of his mother

1958 Mother dies

1962 Publishes Silent Spring

1963 Appears on CBS Reports

1964 Dies at the age of fifty-six