Thursday, December 3, 2009
Bibliography
The University of Illinois at Chicago. "William Hard." William Hard. 3 Dec. 2009 .
Women in History. "Rachel Carson biography." Lakewood Public Library (Lakewook, Ohio). Web. 3 Dec. 2009.
"Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the Beginning of the Environmental Movement in the United States." 3 Dec. 2009.
"From Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"" Pirate Panel. Web. 3 Dec. 2009.
Women in History. "Rachel Carson biography." Lakewood Public Library (Lakewook, Ohio). Web. 3 Dec. 2009.
"Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the Beginning of the Environmental Movement in the United States." 3 Dec. 2009.
"From Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"" Pirate Panel. Web. 3 Dec. 2009.
About William Hard
William Hard was born in 1878 on September 15 in a small town, Painted Post, New York. He grew up traveling with his father who was a missionary.
In 1900, William graduated college from Northwester University with the highest scholastic record made by any student there.
Hard began his own small newspaper, The Neighbor, in 1902. Robert W. Patterson became interested in Hard's newspaper and invited him to be an editoral writer for the Chicago Tribune. His writing carrer expanded and his editorials were published in many newspapers; he also wrote several books.
He then became part of the National Broadcasting Company and was involved in the world's first international newscast. The last twenty years of his life were spent as an editor for Reader's Digest. William died in New Canaan on January 30, 1962.
One of William Hard's most known writings is called "De Kid Wot Works at Night" published in 1908 in Everybody's Magazine. In this piece Hard narrarates a story of an Italian newsvendor in Chicago in the nighttime. The following is an excerpt from this story:
With this writing, Hard affected the American population by stating social issues such as working conditions, child labor, and women's status in society.
In 1900, William graduated college from Northwester University with the highest scholastic record made by any student there.
Hard began his own small newspaper, The Neighbor, in 1902. Robert W. Patterson became interested in Hard's newspaper and invited him to be an editoral writer for the Chicago Tribune. His writing carrer expanded and his editorials were published in many newspapers; he also wrote several books.
He then became part of the National Broadcasting Company and was involved in the world's first international newscast. The last twenty years of his life were spent as an editor for Reader's Digest. William died in New Canaan on January 30, 1962.
One of William Hard's most known writings is called "De Kid Wot Works at Night" published in 1908 in Everybody's Magazine. In this piece Hard narrarates a story of an Italian newsvendor in Chicago in the nighttime. The following is an excerpt from this story:
"I do not mean by this remark to disparage the newsboy. He occupies in Chicago a legal position superior to that of the president of a railway company. The president of a railway company is only an employee. He receives a weekly, a monthly, or at least a yearly salary. The newsboy does not receive a salary. He is not an employee. He is a merchant. He buys his papers and then resells them. He occupies the same legal position as Marshall Field & Co. Therefore he does not fall within the scope of the child-labor law. Therefore no rascally paternalistic factory inspector may vex him in a pursuit of an independent commercial career."
With this writing, Hard affected the American population by stating social issues such as working conditions, child labor, and women's status in society.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
About Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She had a very rugged childhood while growing up on a small farm outside of a Pennsylvania river town where there wasn't a whole lot to do. Because of this, she credits her mother for introducing to nature at such a young age that would later become her passion and profession.
Carson's "Silent Spring" sparked up a controversy over the use of chemical pesticides. Her purpose of this book was mainly to inform the public of what chemical pesicides do to the environment and how harmful they can be. She says that some believe that this product will be good for their crops or agriculture, but in reality it is actually doing more harm than good. Chemical pesticides also have long-term effects on both the environment and humans of which are still unknown.
In this excerpt from "Silent Spring" Carson talks about the result of what chemical pesticides and what it has done for our environment.
"It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility."
- Rachel Carson
Carson's book was the beginning of a great controversy over the issue of chemical pesticides and what it does to our environment.
Carson's "Silent Spring" sparked up a controversy over the use of chemical pesticides. Her purpose of this book was mainly to inform the public of what chemical pesicides do to the environment and how harmful they can be. She says that some believe that this product will be good for their crops or agriculture, but in reality it is actually doing more harm than good. Chemical pesticides also have long-term effects on both the environment and humans of which are still unknown.
In this excerpt from "Silent Spring" Carson talks about the result of what chemical pesticides and what it has done for our environment.
"Among them are many that are used in man's war against nature. Since the mid-1940's over 200 basic chemicals have been created for use in killing insects, weeds, rodents, and other organisms described in the modern vernacular as "pests"; and they are sold under several thousand different brand names. These sprays, dusts, and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes—nonselective chemicals that have the power to kill every insect, the "good"and the "bad," to still the song of birds and the leaping of fish in the streams, to coat the leaves with a deadly film, and to linger on in the soil—all this though the intended target may be only a few weeds or insects. Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called "insecticides," but "biocides."
"It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility."
- Rachel Carson
Carson's book was the beginning of a great controversy over the issue of chemical pesticides and what it does to our environment.
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