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

Catalog Data

Author:
Barnet, Andrea  Search this
Subject:
Carson, Rachel 1907-1964  Search this
Jacobs, Jane 1916-2006  Search this
Goodall, Jane 1934-  Search this
Waters, Alice  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 514 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
New York (State)
New York
England
Date:
2018
Contents:
The age of wreckers and exterminators -- Rachel Carson -- Jane Jacobs -- Jane Goodall -- Alice Waters -- Hope in the shadows
Summary:
"Four influential women we thought we knew well--Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters--and how they spearheaded the modern progressive movement"-- Provided by publisher.
Topic:
Women  Search this
Biologists  Search this
Environmentalists  Search this
Community activists  Search this
Conservationists  Search this
Women conservationists  Search this
Primatologists  Search this
Restaurateurs  Search this
Women cooks  Search this
Cooks  Search this
Women scientists  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1101879