The great editorial cartoonist Bill Mauldin of the Chicago Sun-Times illustrates the gender dimension of the controversy over Carson and Silent Spring. In this 27 October 1963 cartoon he pairs her with Jessica Mitford, author of The American Way of Death, a scathing indictment of the funeral home industry. Men from both industries have been flattened under the platens of the women’s typewriters. All rights reserved © 1963 by Bill Mauldin. Courtesy of Bill Mauldin Estate LLC
A well-fitting image in the few days before the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) opens its 2013 convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee (October 2-4). It was the power of the typewriter in 1963; the power of the word processor in 2013, more likely. In either case, it’s the hard work of environmental journalists, who are out to make the world a better place by showing us what it is, what shape it’s in, and how we might conserve it.
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- How Rachel Carson Are You? (sierraclub.typepad.com)
- Ecofeminism and The Sense of Wonder (hypatiasheritage.wordpress.com)
- 13 of the World’s Oldest (and Most Beautiful) Typewriters (gizmodo.com)
- Rachel Carson: The Obligation to Endure (umcollegewriting1.wordpress.com)
- The Rise of The Environmental Movement (zoningthegardenstate.wordpress.com)
- Jessica Mitford: A radical touch of class (dangerousminds.net)
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