ent Spring . Author grew up on a small Pennsylvania farm, went to the pennsylvania College, majored in zoology and then went to John Hopkins for a master's degree in genetics published Under the Sea-Wind, then The Sea Around Us and The edge of the Sea, and Silent Spring, she was attacked personal of finally Silent Spring in 1962. In the wake and as a scientist by many. While she was working on Silent Spring, she was seriously ill, a niece died and left a young son whom she adopted, her mother died and she learned she had breast cancer died two years after Silent Spring was published, at age 56 W BTL E To be continued on the next page.W B T L E ➢ grew up on a small Pennsylvania farm, went to the Pennsylvania College, majored in zoology, and then went to John Hopkins for a master’s degree in genetics. ➢ published Under the Sea-Wind, then The Sea Around Us and The Edge of the Sea, and finally Silent Spring in 1962. In the wake of Silent Spring, she was attacked personally and as a scientist by many. While she was working on Silent Spring, she was seriously ill, a niece died and left a young son whom she adopted, her mother died, and she learned she had breast cancer. ➢ died two years after Silent Spring was published, at age 56. Lesson 11 – Silent Spring To be continued on the next page. I. Author