Visionary women : how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world / Andrea Barnet.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]Description: xiv, 514 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062310729
- 0062310720
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
- Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006
- Goodall, Jane, 1934-
- Waters, Alice
- Women -- Biography
- Biography -- 20th century
- Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
- City planners -- United States -- Biography
- Primatologists -- England -- Biography
- Restaurateurs -- United States -- Biography
- 920 .72 Barne B 23
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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BOOK | Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction | Non-fiction | 920 .72 Barne (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 18787 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-464) and index.
Rachel Carson -- Jane Jacobs -- Jane Goodall -- Alice Waters.
Discusses four influential women linked by their choice to break with convention, exploring how their work in their respective fields helped to ignite the progressive movement and offered a more positive way to think about the world.
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