Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World

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Four influential women we thought we knew well—Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters—and how they spearheaded the up to date progressive movement

This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we are living in as of late. 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 every woman’s career and explores how their work collectively changed the course of history. Even as they hailed from different generations, Carson, Jacobs, Goodall, and Waters found their voices within 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, every prevailed against powerful and most commonly male adversaries Even as also anticipating the disaffections of the emerging counterculture.

All told, their efforts ignited a transformative progressive movement Even as offering people a new approach to take into consideration the world and a more positive way of life in it. 

 

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