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She was the first woman Vice President. Seems pretty cool to me.   Eli h.

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by Carson P.
She was admired for her work by several presidents. She was a supreme judge.

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I honor her because she is a great tennis player. Serena Williams won more Grand Slam singles titles (23) than any other woman or man during the open era. In addition, Serena and her sister Venus won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, the second most for a pair in the open era, and three doubles gold medals at the Olympics.             -Dorothy S.

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I honor her because she inspires every athlete for her dedication and hard work.

-Cinna R.

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I honor her because of her skill an energy and being proud of her heritage!

-Bentley A.

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I admirer her because she was the first African American to be a principle dancer and I want to be like her. Aubrey M

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I honor Rachel Carson because of her book, Silent Spring, changed the world! It led people to care about nature.
- Arianna G.

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What would America look like without the Environmental Protection Agency? It's not far-fetched to picture pools of pollution, clouds of dark smog, and massive coal-burning plants. Luckily we do have the agency to push back against the byproducts of big business-but how did it come to be?

It started largely with a book written by scientist and writer Rachel Carson. Silent Spring, published in 1962, exposed the dangers of the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT).

The Environmental Protection Agency gives Carson credit on its website: "There is no question...that Silent Spring prompted the Federal Government to take action against water and air pollution-as well as against the misuse of pesticides-several years before it otherwise might have moved."

Carson painted a convincing picture of the harms that the pesticide was causing, backing it up with an abundance of scientific evidence.

But as often happens when a large manufacturer is challenged, it creates its own message to confuse people and dispute the damaging claims.

Laura Orlando described the outpouring of dissent against Carson in a 2002 piece for Dollars & Sense, pointing out that the pesticide industry trade group the National Agricultural Chemicals Association had invested more than $250,000 to disparage the book and Carson. After The New Yorker serialized parts of Silent Spring, The New York Times ran an article that quoted the president of a major manufacturer of DDT, Montrose Chemical Corporation, as saying that Carson wrote not "as a scientist but rather as a fanatic defender of the cult of the balance of nature."

Naomi Oreskes, professor of the history of science at Harvard University and coauthor of Merchants of Doubt, recalls, "The chemical industry tried to discredit Carson...by insisting the science was unsettled and that pesticides were good for us because they increased the food supply."

Though Carson died shortly after Silent Spring was published, her message prevailed, and eight years later the EPA was formed. The use of DDT was banned in the U.S. two years after that. While there are occasional claims questioning the facts in Silent Spring -by the anti-regulation groups that refuted the dangers of secondhand smoke-according to Oreskes, peer-reviewed studies have consistently backed Carson up.

"Every once in a while in the history of mankind, a book has appeared which has substantially altered the course of history," said Sen. Ernest Gruening about Silent Spring a year after it was published. He was right.

The EPA today has the same mission it had when it was created almost 45 years ago: to protect the environment from people and people from polluted environments. Today the agency faces many of the same antiregulation groups and lobbyists, but, as it was for Rachel Carson, the truth remains its most powerful tool.

This piece is part of our six-part series "Woman Scientist All-Stars," presented with the film Interstellar. We are remembering women scientists who have helped to shape our world and who still inspire us to reach for the stars.

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What would America look like without the Environmental Protection Agency? It's not far-fetched to picture pools of pollution, clouds of dark smog, and massive coal-burning plants. Luckily we do have the agency to push back against the byproducts of big business-but how did it come to be?

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She's important to me because   she is very  brave and kind   and she helps  people.

Autumn M.

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I chose Harriet because she help slaves escape from slavery with the underground railroad.

Tyree

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To help schools have black and white people at the same time. She open schools to all races. Londyn. W

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Harriet Tubman escape slavery and helped others through the underground railroad. I picked her because she helped people escape slavery.
Gavin P. 3-30-21

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She was one of the first woman to be a scientist and i do like to do experements.

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She was the first African American to fight for civil rights and to desegregate and all white school. Christopher C.

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i honor  Michelle Obama because she was the the first African-American Lady to be in the white house.
~Bryson W.

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I picked Ruby bridges because she was the first African American to go to an all white school and she is a good person and she did not give up. she ignored all mean actions and she did not fight back.

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By, Connor S.
Michelle Obama Is the first african american woman to be an attorney and In the white house.

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She is important because she helped others escape slavery. Dottie M.

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Michelle Obama was married to the 44th president she was the first African American first lady. She was a good lawyer!
Terra.M.

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She ran the under ground railroad for the black slaves to put them in a good place.

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She became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer.  She wrote a book.

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I honor Misty Danielle Copeland because on June 30, 2015, she became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre 75-year history.  ~Mrs. M.

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I honor Ruby Bridges because she showed courage by going to a white school and opening it up for others. Fun fact ruby bridges was born on 8, 1954. Gabriel S.

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I honor Ruby Bridges because she showed courage by going to a white school and opening it up for others. Fun fact ruby bridges was born on 8, 1954. Gabriel S.

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She was a good person in the White House. She was always kind as a lawyer. She was the first lady. Genesis R.

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Ruby Bridges was the first African American to enter a all white school.
Terra.M.

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Simone Biles is an Olympic Gymnast.
I honor her because of her hard work and positivity.
- Noah R.

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I honor her because she is a good influence to others and because of her hard work.

- Hannah C.

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I honor her because of her hard work.

- Rebecca S.

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I honor her because she was the first athlete Tennis player to be an African American woman and she help families that are hurt by violence.

- Joshua V.

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I honor her because of her story inspires people and she shows people of all backgrounds can become dancers!
And she was the first Native American prima ballerina.

-Jennifer W.

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I honor her for helping people and families that are hurt by violence.

-Dameryus H.

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I honor her because she stand her up for herself. She helped change the unfair laws by thinking and acting. she stand up for civil rights.

-Tomia B.

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Tubman's codename was “Moses,” and she was illiterate her entire life. ...She suffered from narcolepsy. ...Her work as “Moses” was serious business. ...She never lost a slave. ...Tubman was a Union scout during the Civil War. ...She cured dysentery. ...She was the first woman to lead a combat                              Ryan S.

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I honor her because of her talent that made her became famous and taught people to see clothing in many ways.

-Gary H.

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I honor her because of she said that
" a Champion is defined not by their wins but by How they can recover when they fall ".

-Tatiyonna P

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Mone Davis is a baseball pitcher and she is important to me because I like baseball. Caydence M

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She is a tennis expert. I like tennis and she play tennis great.  She practices all the time wearing white shoes.   I love my white shoes.
DILLON G.F.

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Harriett Tubman  was a good women because she helped people escape from slavery. She was kind and brave by risking her live to save peoples. I admire her because she risked her life helping slaves escaped through the underground railroad. Zachary A.

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Harriet Tubman was an American Abolitionist born into slavery. There was this underground railroad and she helped the other people in slavery to escape.

Nadia G

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Rosa parks was born in 1913 in Alabama.

She did some amazing things like not give up her helping with civil rights movement. Isabella P.

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I honor Ruby Bridges because she overlooked the people who did not want her to be in a all whites school. And she still work hard and she did not care what the people said. Madison M.

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Refused to give up her seat and she was strong to do that and never gave up she was a nice and strong women.
-Sophia

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I honer her because she persisted and even though people discouraged her she kept going. Following her dream...

-Alana F.

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She was the first African american to integrate schools.

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I honor Michelle Obama because she helped people to overlook people who were rude and disrespectful and she was the first lady in the white house. Madison M.

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I think she is important because she means a lot to me and other people.  I think she important because she love video games and that's cool to me.
Sa'Mari H.

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She is very kind. She likes to help people and she listens to when you talk to her and asking her questions. She likes to be a teacher.

Her favorite food is pasta and she likes to eat it when she's watching her favorite movie.
Lilly-Beth B.

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I pick Alex Morgan because she is a great soccer player. As of 2018 approximately 30 million girl and  women played soccer around the world. She made soccer possible for all girls like me.
Gracie T.

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She was a ballerina who didn't let other bully her. Her culture was always important to her.

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I honor Ruby because she was the first black person to go to a all white school and that was brave. She makes me be proud of who I am by helping all people be better to each other.                                 Nathaniel S.

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I admire her because she was a conductor in the under ground rail road. She came back and freed her people. by Malachi M.

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Michelle Obama was the first lady to enter the white house. I pick Michelle Obama because she is kind and the Best person in the WORLD and my middle name is Michelle. She is important because she inspires me to do better. Robyn Y.

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She speaks out against violence to stop it and I admire her for that. Cristina T.

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I choose her because she saved slaves even though she put her life on the line doing it. Most people would never do that that's why I admire her. Isaac M.

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She can not see or hear but she did  not give up. She learned how to read, write and speak. She graudated college and created a college for other people like her. She love to help others and one day I want to be like her. Qymora W.

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I admire Ruby Bridges because she was the first black kid to go to a full white school. The teacher didn't hate Ruby Bridges at all but people protested Ruby going to an all the white people school. She was brave and important for that.
Davis M.

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I honor Rosa Parks because she did not give up her seat on a Alabama bus. Her actions inspired the leaders of the local Black community to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Bobby S.