Rachel Carson's Influence With The Good Fairy

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As Rachel Carson once said, “ If I had influence with the good fairy, I would ask that her gift to each child be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.” My scientist that I chose for this assignment was Rachel Carson. She was a Marine biologist, and studied Natural science. She was known for her writings on nature.

Rachel was born on May 27, in 1907. She was born in Springdale, Pennsylvania, where she had grown up. When she was 57 on April 14, she had passed away in Silver Spring, Maryland. She sadly died because of cancer. When Rachel was younger she wanted to be a scientist, but many people told her she couldn’t because she was a girl. This was not true. Other important things had also happened

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