Description: Visionary Women : How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World, Paperback by Barnet, Andrea, ISBN 0062310739, ISBN-13 9780062310736, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
Winner of The Green Prize for Sustainable Literature
A Finalist for the PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography
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
This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women—linked not by friendship or field, but by their choice to break with convention—showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. Jane Jacobs fought for livable cities and strong communities; Rachel Carson warned us about poisoning the environment; Jane Goodall demonstrated the indelible kinship between humans and animals; and Alice Waters urged us to reconsider what and how we eat.
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. While they hailed from different generations, Carson, Jacobs, Goodall, and Waters found their voices in the early sixties. At a time of enormous upheaval, all four stood as bulwarks against 1950s corporate culture and its war on nature. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections of the emerging counterculture.
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Book Title: Visionary Women : How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World
Number of Pages: 528 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Topic: Women, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Life Sciences / Botany, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Culinary, Social History, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Social Activists, Science & Technology
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2019
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 20.7 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Andrea Barnet
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
