Native-American women help the new nation
Religious freedom advocate, poet made huge contributions
Champion of women’s rights, defender of a nation
Women were vital to the emancipation movement
Seneca Falls Convention declaration set agenda for the movement
Women who have enriched political life
U.S. women pioneer in more fields of endeavor
Rachel Carson was a quiet woman who stirred extraordinary controversy that persists decades after her death. Her 1962 book Silent Spring brought worldwide attention to the harm to human health and the environment wrought by mishandling of a powerful pesticide, fomenting the environmental movement.