Author Marjory Stoneman Douglas encouraged the public to protect the Florida Everglades.

Though she was known as 'The Panda Lady' to the public, she worked with more than 30 species at the Smithsonian!

Lisa Stevens worked as a senior curator of mammals at our Smithsonian National Zoo for more than 30 years, specializing in giant pandas.

She led the aquarium to engage the public in environmental science and conservation.

Julie Packard, is founding executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey studied birds and spoke out in favor of laws that protected wildlife.

Published in 1962, Silent Spring was widely read by the general public and became a New York Times best seller. She said she was inspired, in part, by Rachel Carson. Silent Spring, nonfiction book written by Rachel Carson that became one of the most-influential books in the modern environmental movement. Artist Maya Lin used 54,000 marbles to model the Chesapeake Bay at our Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, encouraging viewers to consider conservation needs.Her team studies which plants, animals, and other factors affect ecosystems. Kimberly Komatsu is an Ecosystem Conservation Ecologist at our Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

Here are just a few women in conservation who you might like to learn more about: The government passed laws and regulations to limit, and sometimes ban, the chemicals she warned about. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established to protect human health and the environment. Image 'Rachel Louise Carson' by Una Hanbury. National Portrait Gallery.Ĭarson died of breast cancer only 18 months after Silent Spring's publication.

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