Rachel Carson was one of the most influential and is often attributed with starting the modern environmental movement. Her work with Silent Spring, a book documenting the harmful effects on the environment, and other writings are often credited with moving the environmental movement forward. Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907, on a small farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Maria Frazer, and Robert Warden Carson, an insurance salesman. Carson was an avid reader, and spent a lot of time working and exploring around her family farm. Carson began writing stories at around the age of eight, and had her first story published at the age of ten in the magazine St. Nicholas. Carson attended school in Springdale, through
