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Author:

Barnet, Andrea, author.

Title:

Visionary women : how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world / Andrea Barnet.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Ecco,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiv, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Carson, Rachel,--1907-1964.
Jacobs, Jane,--1916-2006.
Goodall, Jane,--1934-
Waters, Alice.
Women--Biography.
Biologists--United States--Biography.
Environmentalists--United States--Biography.
Community activists--New York--New York--Biography.
Conservationists--England--Biography.
Women conservationists--England--Biography.
Primatologists--England--Biography.
Restaurateurs--United States--Biography.
Women cooks--United States--Biography.
Cooks--United States--Biography.
Women scientists--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-464) and index.

Contents:

Age of wreckers and exterminators -- Rachel Carson -- Jane Jacobs -- Jane Goodall -- Alice Waters -- Hope in the shadows.

Summary:

This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. With a keen eye for historical detail, Andrea Barnet traces the arc of each woman's career and explores how their work collectively changed the course of history. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections of the emerging counterculture. Print run 40,000.

ISBN:

0062310720
9780062310729

OCLC:

(OCoLC)993420935

Locations:

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