Visionary women
Subtitle: how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world
By: Andrea Barnet
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9780062310729
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Community activists; Restaurateurs; Primatologists; Conservationists; Biologists; Environmentalists; Cooks; Women cooks; Women scientists; Women conservationists; Biography; Women
Description: This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. 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. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections of the emerging counterculture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-464) and index.
Table of contents: title: Age of wreckers and exterminators; title: Rachel Carson; title: Jane Jacobs; title: Jane Goodall; title: Alice Waters; title: Hope in the shadows.