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Visionary women : how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world (edición 2018)

por Andrea Barnet

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History. Nature. Science. Nonfiction. HTML: 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. All told, their efforts ignited a transformative progressive movement while offering people a new way to think about the world and a more positive way of l… (más)

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Título:	Visionary women : how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world
Autores:	Andrea Barnet
Información:	New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |

I loved this nonfiction about four women whose work in the 1960s truly changed the trajectory of how we interact with our environments. The book has an opening section that lays the groundwork for how the four, who didn't know each other, are connected. The gist is that they all were outsiders in their respective fields (mainly because they were women and not allowed in through traditional means) and all saw the beauty of the natural world or natural order of human interaction in contrast to the more widely held beliefs of technology running roughshod over nature to "improve" it.

Each woman has a section that is a biography to highlight her contributions and there are references made to how their approaches were similar to each other. There is an end section that ties it all up neatly.

I really loved this book. It was readable and interesting and had some new ideas, at least to me. Highly recommended. (

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japaul22 | Jun 14, 2020 |

I thought I’d enjoy this book more than I did. The author chose four women whose life’s work peaked or made significant inroads in the early 60’s. Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters. She attempted to show the connection between the four, but it read more like an academic book that was straining to make a point. The biographies were interesting and well written in a narrative style that made for easy digestion. The information was solid, but it didn’t reach the height of a must read for me. This may be a good recommendation for high schoolers just learning about that time in our history. File under feminist history. (

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History. Nature. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:

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.

All told, their efforts ignited a transformative progressive movement while offering people a new way to think about the world and a more positive way of l

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