Environmentalists and Maryland legislators began a two-month-long celebration yesterday of the life of Rachel Carson, the Silver Spring-based activist whose book "Silent Spring" helped make environmentalism a political force and who would have turned 100 this year. -
'Mother' of Environmentalism Celebrated
Environmentalists and Maryland legislators began a two-month-long celebration yesterday of the life of Rachel Carson, the Silver Spring-based activist whose book "Silent Spring" helped make environmentalism a political force and who would have turned 100 this year.-
By David A. Fahrenthold